Tuesday, December 10, 2013

When to call off the Dogs?



    When should a team Stop pressing In Jewish League Ball?  Tract-ate Basketball clearly states when up a comfortable Twenty- twenty Five Midway through the Third Quarter . The House of Shamai holds That it's irrelevant due to personal vendettas between coaches or Schools or perhaps the presser wants to cover the spread, Why Should a team be penalized and stop playing in accordance to their style? The House of Hillel Argues that it sets a bad Example to "Run up a Score" and since wagering is outlawed in Jewish sports that Nullifies that argument , further more you don't ask the victors to stop playing just stop humiliating. In Old  School basketball if a team was perceived to be running up the score Hard fouls would be Justified, and fights and injuries would occur. Case and Point the Great Oklahoma teams of the late 80s Early 90s who would actually foul on purpose to stop the clock so they can try to reach 100 points. Earlier this week in a Yeshiva Exhibition tournament game Flatbush was Beating on Kushner badly and had it's rotation players still pressing. I don't know the Circumstances between the schools, but at a memorial tournament just doesn't seem right. Kushner Coach JS was aghast and especially at the fact that the opposing Coach portrays  himself as a upscale religious guy, When it seems like he's Just a Sanctimonious Prick..........

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