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Old 10-10-2009, 05:51 AM   #9 (permalink)
Strange Famous
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Cant believe how many people are saying that the result should be changed?

When the result is called thats it - only a disqualification should change it.

Imagine a baseball game, its tied in the last innings - guy gets struck out, after replay it is obvious that the last strike was a ball and the umpire made a clear mistake... the umpire cant deny he called it wrong... should they replay the game, start the game again from the wrong call?

All sports and competitions are judged by humans with a degree of human error. The result has to stand, or else the referee is completely undermined.

In baseball when the umpire says youre out youre out - thats the only rule that matters. In a car competition when they give you the trophy they give you the trophy.

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Originally Posted by Halanna View Post
I agree with this.

There is no point to having any type of competition where there is a "winner" if that winner is declared in error.

Would you like to win something, only to have others with knowledge of the competition know for a fact your win was false?

Winning fair and square is the only way to win, otherwise what you are celebrating is false, whether you know it or not.
I dont think there are many things real sports can take from WWF wrestling - but one of the truest quotes I ever read was from Bobby "The Brain" Heenan - something like "there's no exclamation mark in the record book"

The winner is the guy who's arm the ref lists when the final bell sounds... in this car comp - people can debate who should have won and could have won, only one guy was declared the winner on the day and thats all that matters.
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