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OT - abolish concessions? (plus some stats)

Posted By: Stick
Date: Wednesday, 3 October 2012, at 6:38 p.m.

In Response To: OT - abolish concessions? (plus some stats) (Chuck Bower)

Woods stand over a four-footer (if that) after the Cup had already been decided. Woods missed it, and Ollie is now weathering allegations of poor sportsmanship for not allowing Woods to pocket his ball, halve the hole, and extract a full point from what had become a mostly meaningless match.

Again we see how in the eyes of certain Americans at least that the match was over and had lost its interest.

Concessions also cheapen the viewing experience for fans. Watching the pros scoop up four-footers is the equivalent of an umpire awarding a batter first base after a 3-0 count. Sure, the odds are good that the hitter would have wound up on first base anyway, but you want to see him earn it.

Ridiculous comparison.

Same goes with would-be gimmes in other sports. NFL placekickers convert more than 99 percent of their points after touchdown

I have suggested forever now that we do away with the extra point conversion unless the team wants to go for two.

And none of those putts were struck with the heart-stopping, knicker-soiling pressure of the Ryder Cup bearing down on him.

You can't a few paragraphs above talk about how Tiger's putt was meaningless and then kick back to it like it was a pressure filled moment a couple words later.

Stick

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