My point here overall is that cheating leads to banishment/suspension.
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I feel like your point is more that it's only cheating if you are caught yes? So someone could cut the course, finish and if not caught, they didn't cheat right?
Which is why I think your using a more outcome pov while I'm saying cheating is cheating regardless of the outcome. Especially in a sport like triathlon that should have much more "fair" play than what we currently have. There is no way in hell we can officiate this event properly.
Your a rugby guy. It would be like only having officials in the middle of the field and the goal lines have no one watching, so if you "cheat" and feel ok about doing that, you can. Or an NFL game where you only officiated 5 yards of the line of scrimmage and then went downfield every 8th play, so the other 7 plays, it's up to each individual to do the "right thing". Or NBA to officiate where inside the paint wasn't officiated except every 8th possession, and that's where all the fouls occur. It would make no sense to have an sport officiated that way. But that's how triathlon is officiated. It's an impossible sport to officiate.
Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II
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I feel like your point is more that it's only cheating if you are caught yes? So someone could cut the course, finish and if not caught, they didn't cheat right?
Which is why I think your using a more outcome pov while I'm saying cheating is cheating regardless of the outcome. Especially in a sport like triathlon that should have much more "fair" play than what we currently have. There is no way in hell we can officiate this event properly.
Your a rugby guy. It would be like only having officials in the middle of the field and the goal lines have no one watching, so if you "cheat" and feel ok about doing that, you can. Or an NFL game where you only officiated 5 yards of the line of scrimmage and then went downfield every 8th play, so the other 7 plays, it's up to each individual to do the "right thing". Or NBA to officiate where inside the paint wasn't officiated except every 8th possession, and that's where all the fouls occur. It would make no sense to have an sport officiated that way. But that's how triathlon is officiated. It's an impossible sport to officiate.
Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II
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B_Doughtie: Aug 26, 18 15:23