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Anybody ever hear of this happenening in Rugby (Union or League) ?
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<blockquote data-quote="dasNdanger" data-source="post: 600304" data-attributes="member: 61962"><p>This has happened a few times in various sports in the US. I think this may be the first time it's been brought up as a bullying charge, but several schools, coaches, and even teams in the past have been severely criticized for lopsided wins like this. They say it's bad for morale, and the winning team should ease up on their play and let the other team have a chance. </p><p></p><p>Now, while I see it as a good opportunity for poor players to get a chance to join in the game, I don't think a team should purposely allow the other team to score just because it'll make them feel better, or something.</p><p></p><p>We don't always win in life, and so learning to accept disappointment in a balanced way while young is very important. It's not balanced to suggest that they could have scored more if the other team just let them, as if they're privileged in some way and deserve to win even if they didn't perform as well. And it serves no purpose to attack the winning team or to suggest that they should have let the other team score more, other than to give a poor performing team an excuse not to try harder or train harder. We make too many excuses in life, and I see the 'bullying defense' as just a way for a coach or a team to deflect attention away from their poor performance. </p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>das</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dasNdanger, post: 600304, member: 61962"] This has happened a few times in various sports in the US. I think this may be the first time it's been brought up as a bullying charge, but several schools, coaches, and even teams in the past have been severely criticized for lopsided wins like this. They say it's bad for morale, and the winning team should ease up on their play and let the other team have a chance. Now, while I see it as a good opportunity for poor players to get a chance to join in the game, I don't think a team should purposely allow the other team to score just because it'll make them feel better, or something. We don't always win in life, and so learning to accept disappointment in a balanced way while young is very important. It's not balanced to suggest that they could have scored more if the other team just let them, as if they're privileged in some way and deserve to win even if they didn't perform as well. And it serves no purpose to attack the winning team or to suggest that they should have let the other team score more, other than to give a poor performing team an excuse not to try harder or train harder. We make too many excuses in life, and I see the 'bullying defense' as just a way for a coach or a team to deflect attention away from their poor performance. das [/QUOTE]
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