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Originally Posted by Maineac
Schiano and his supporters apparently see this as "hustle" and trying to win the game. Coughlin and his supporters see it as dirty and violating an unwritten rule. Maybe they're both right.
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Perhaps the most cogent thing written so far in this thread. I'm not normally an advocate of the middle (sometimes the truth, or best answer, is on the far extreme of an argument) for its own sake, but this may be one case where the truth lies somewhere in the middle.
Yes, the players in the league play to win, and playing to the final snap is important and expected. Every sport, however, has its unwritten rules (basketball seems to have fewer), and this seems to be one of them.
Sure, the Bucs should have an opportunity to win, but they did, and they found themselves down, and out of timeouts, at the last snap. Apparently, the convention is to acknowledge defeat at that point.
There's nothing dirty about going against convention, but there are often times consequences for doing so. This happens more in baseball than the other sports, but the other sports have it, too.