Euphoria14 said:
Played many sports? I have and I have been on both ends, whether it be getting blown out regularly or enjoying winning streaks. To the ones who find it un-fan and don't want to play anymore, good. Let them quit. That only opens the door to the other ones who wanted to play but couldn't get onto the team due to limited roster space. Playing sports on a high school level isn't a right. It's a priviledge. You might disagree but as a long time sports player this has always been my view and I always took that view with me when I went out there to play. |
What's the motivation to play if you aren't having, on some level, fun? Winning can be "fun" whether or not you're having a good time of it, you feel a sense of achievement or what have you. Losing really badly bestows the team with nothing, unless the bad loss was due to some obvious flaw that could be corrected, a teaching moment. That doesn't seem to be the case here and in other cases where the mercy rule should apply.
I've never played sports in an official capacity, but it can hardly be any different from any other engagement. A hard-fought game, even lost, is still thrilling enough to have been worth the price of entry. A humiliating defeat is just that, a humiliation, and of no good to anyone except to poor winners on the winning side.
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.