(May 27, 2019 at 6:41 am)Brian37 Wrote:(May 26, 2019 at 10:20 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: That's why there are rules and more and more rules all the time to attempt to prevent injuries and to try to curtail cheating.
How can you say both...'of course it is not the same sport...' and 'I do not see any difference in any sport..."?
Everything isn't black or white in the real world Brian even though it is in your world.
If it is not cheating to block someone when you are at the front of the pack, why should it be called cheating if you are blocking someone trying to lap you?
To me this is no different than a cornerback in the NFL stuck to the receiver like glue without touching them, and manages to block the pass.
It only becomes cheating to me when you deliberately do something severely unsafe that can cause an accident, in the same way a cornerback cant hit the receiver before the ball reaches him and the cornerback isn't looking at the ball when he hits the receiver.
Again, in the last laps of the race, the front runners were neck and neck, and all inches away from each other, trying to pass each other and also trying to block each other. Professional auto racing has always had drivers inches away from each other. If there is no contact between cars then I see no reason to call it cheating no matter if you are in the front of the pack or back of the pack.
And of course it isn't black and white. It still depends, just like a replay in the NFL, sometimes things happen so fast only a slo mo replay can tell you if something was intentional or unintentional. I am just saying blocking doesn't mean contact in racing, it just means staying in front of someone so they cant pass you.
(May 27, 2019 at 6:41 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I think automobile racing is one of those sports that could be greatly improved with a few simple changes:
-Make the racetracks square instead of oval.
-Require each driver to take three shots of whiskey 30 minutes before the race begins (any driver who tests negative for blood alcohol at the end of the race is to be disqualified).
-Pop-up obstacles on the track.
Boru
^^^^^LOL we already have that, it's called public roads.
You have public roads on racetracks? Cool.
Boru
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