Thu May 05, 2005, 05:13pm
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Re: Re: I agree to a point
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Originally posted by Back In The Saddle
The rules of basketball are completely and totally arbitrary. They don't represent sacred truth or the natural order of things. They exist for no other reason than to create a contest that is competative, balanced and interesting. Basketball owes its very existence to the fact that some malcontent PE class was bored with gymnastics and other contemporary wintertime athletic pursuits. What is competitive, balance and interesting at one level may simplistic, lopsided and dull at another. The rules exist to serve the game, not the other way round.
And yes, sports are inherently entertaining. If they weren't, we as a society wouldn't have embraced them. The entertainment value that you seem to abhor allows us to use sports as a vehicle for pursuing other worthy ends: fitness, education, recreation, and even friendly debate over the virtue of the various rulesets.
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DAMN GOOD STUFF RIGHT THERE!!!
It's similiar to what I wrote above. The rules have been changed to make them less restrictive on players with more talent.
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