Rant.

I need to rant for a minute. Today, I went to a basketball game. Well, 3 basketball games, actually. It was obvious that one of the teams was more experienced and had a bit of an advantage. My mom keeps the books and stats for this team, and I run the scoreboard for the home games. Since we sit at the score table, we hear just about everything--the coaches, players, refs, and fans. We also get to hear the opinion of the person keeping the books for the other team. Today, the whining started before the games ever began. And it just KEPT ON COMING. First of all, the lady had NO CLUE what she was talking about-not even basic basketball 101 (I honestly don't know how she got the job to do the books). Furthermore, she told us that she has no personal stake in these games and is only doing the books for a little extra money. She doesn't have a daughter playing and she doesn't work for the school.

The home-team won all 3 games, but they were by no means "blow-out" games. At the end of the night, this other lady went off on my mom about how "full-court pressing when you are ahead is unsportsman like". After she practically yelled at my mom for about 5 minutes, she then went to the administrator of both the home and away schools and continued to yell about full-court pressing.

Now, correct me if I am wrong, but isn't that how a team keeps their lead? The minute you pull ahead, do you let up to allow the other team to score? NO. It is not fair to either team. The winning team should be allowed to play the best of their abilities, and the team that is down has the right and need to play their very best to try and close the gap.

The whiner is even trying to pass a law to get coaches fired for full-court pressing, if they are ahead by a certain number of points. Fired. Seriously? There is nothing legal or wrong with pressing, even if you are ahead. Thankfully, there is no way anything like this will ever go through.

Let me be clear--I can understand how it is "unsportsman like" to press and run up the points if the final score is, say, 108-3, like a game last week between some different schools. But this was in no way the case tonight. These girls were just trying to make sure they sealed the deal and won the game. There was no mean or malicious intent by the players. They were just playing their basketball game.

Ok. That is enough of my rant and annoyance.
Peace.