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Originally posted by gov135
Again, cheating exists individually in every human pursuit. It is different in Nascar, for two reasons:
1. Whole teams cheat.
2. There are no severe consequences (rules) for doing so. Nascar is to scared to make them, let alone enforce them.
This undermines the credibility of Nascar as a 'sport'.
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Whole teams cheat? They try to abide all rules, if they get caught with something is not like minor "this is off by a little" they fix it and come back. If it's something major, they're screwed for the entire weekend and lose points. That's a pretty severe consequences.
As for they don't make rules, neither does the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, even the NCAA. Someone messes up once and can the guys on ESPN look up in a rule book and report how long someone's going to be out? Nope. They need to wait a few weeks after the judgement, and the appeal to finally report how long someone's been suspended.
gov, that article can be written for any sport with a little bit of re-writing. You watch the NFL on ESPN or MNF's ad's and they'll have something very similar that tells why their game that week is going to be great and why you need to see it. It's basic marketing.
BTW, I'm not a NASCAR fan, but I still consider it a sport.