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<blockquote data-quote="Canadian_Rugger" data-source="post: 261358"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (An Tarbh @ May 5 2009, 04:48 AM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=394749" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>at what point though do you say enough is enough, it's far from stupid, to continue playing till kingdom come would be more daft.</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Maybe my North American sporting bias is showing a bit here but over here we don't like games settled by ties. In both Ice Hockey and Baseball it is impossible to have a draw during the regular season as well as in the playoffs, while in all the major American sports its impossible to have a tie as well.</p><p></p><p>This tie should not be broken by something as ridiculous as a penalty kick competition. The National Hockey League has refused to put in any such clauses in the Stanley Cup playoffs, as such games are played until one team scores a goal. The game alone is 60 min stop time while the extra overtime periods are 20 min each until someone scores. The game between Anaheim and Detroit was decided last night after 3 extra overtime periods. It was an epic struggle and Anaheim finally exposed Detroit late in the third overtime.</p><p></p><p>In Baseball extra innings are played until one team breaks the deadlock some games going 15 innings. In American Football the game is played in sudden death until one team scores. In the NBA the players continue to play for extra overtimes until one team has more points then the other at the end of overtime(s)</p><p></p><p>Now some may call these playoff games dire affairs but for hardcore fans and players of the game this is the only suitable way to win.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The Stanley Cup is considered the hardest trophy to win in professional sport over here as teams are forced to play 4 best of seven series to win the cup. Now imagine being in game seven of the Stanley Cup finals and having just played the best game of your life the winner is determined not by one team emerging as a victor out of pure dominance but out of the individual skill of a few select players. This would be totally unacceptable to any hockey fan and I don't know how Cardiff fans don't find this totally unacceptable</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Canadian_Rugger, post: 261358"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (An Tarbh @ May 5 2009, 04:48 AM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=394749']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> at what point though do you say enough is enough, it's far from stupid, to continue playing till kingdom come would be more daft. [/b][/quote] Maybe my North American sporting bias is showing a bit here but over here we don't like games settled by ties. In both Ice Hockey and Baseball it is impossible to have a draw during the regular season as well as in the playoffs, while in all the major American sports its impossible to have a tie as well. This tie should not be broken by something as ridiculous as a penalty kick competition. The National Hockey League has refused to put in any such clauses in the Stanley Cup playoffs, as such games are played until one team scores a goal. The game alone is 60 min stop time while the extra overtime periods are 20 min each until someone scores. The game between Anaheim and Detroit was decided last night after 3 extra overtime periods. It was an epic struggle and Anaheim finally exposed Detroit late in the third overtime. In Baseball extra innings are played until one team breaks the deadlock some games going 15 innings. In American Football the game is played in sudden death until one team scores. In the NBA the players continue to play for extra overtimes until one team has more points then the other at the end of overtime(s) Now some may call these playoff games dire affairs but for hardcore fans and players of the game this is the only suitable way to win. The Stanley Cup is considered the hardest trophy to win in professional sport over here as teams are forced to play 4 best of seven series to win the cup. Now imagine being in game seven of the Stanley Cup finals and having just played the best game of your life the winner is determined not by one team emerging as a victor out of pure dominance but out of the individual skill of a few select players. This would be totally unacceptable to any hockey fan and I don't know how Cardiff fans don't find this totally unacceptable [/QUOTE]
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