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Title: New Low in Sports with an 8 way tie! Post by: masterfins on May 31, 2019, 01:53:24 pm The Scripps Spelling Bee ended in an eight way tie because they ran out of words. >:( Buy an effing dictionary!!!
Title: Re: New Low in Sports with an 8 way tie! Post by: MyGodWearsAHoodie on May 31, 2019, 06:45:33 pm I thought it was cool that each of them is getting the $50k first prize, rather than splitting it like the rules originally called for.
Title: Re: New Low in Sports with an 8 way tie! Post by: CF DolFan on May 31, 2019, 06:48:43 pm I thought it was cool that each of them is getting the $50k first prize, rather than splitting it like the rules originally called for. That is cool but I too think it's a cop out. We have enough participation trophies in the world already. All sports and competitions need to adopt the rules of the Highlander. There can be only one!! :D Title: Re: New Low in Sports with an 8 way tie! Post by: MyGodWearsAHoodie on May 31, 2019, 06:53:17 pm It wasn’t that they ran out of words, it was they ran out of time. They needed to end the event.
Title: Re: New Low in Sports with an 8 way tie! Post by: dolphins4life on June 01, 2019, 01:14:01 am That is cool but I too think it's a cop out. We have enough participation trophies in the world already. All sports and competitions need to adopt the rules of the Highlander. There can be only one!! :D I disagree in this case. They all performed up to standards. This money is not for participating, it's for doing an awesome job. Title: Re: New Low in Sports with an 8 way tie! Post by: Spider-Dan on June 01, 2019, 07:51:11 pm Funny to see talk of spelling bee results considered a new low in "sports," and yet whenever ESPN broadcasts video games (which require physical coordination and reflexes) everyone loses their minds.
Title: Re: New Low in Sports with an 8 way tie! Post by: MyGodWearsAHoodie on June 02, 2019, 01:24:22 pm I don't consider this nor video games to be sports.
Title: Re: New Low in Sports with an 8 way tie! Post by: BuccaneerBrad on June 02, 2019, 02:47:32 pm Spelling is a sport??
Title: Re: New Low in Sports with an 8 way tie! Post by: Fau Teixeira on June 02, 2019, 06:13:14 pm e-sports are for sure sports .. there's a physical aspect to it . .there is strategy .. simultaneous offense and defense .. there are set rules
it meets every aspect of being a sport. Title: Re: New Low in Sports with an 8 way tie! Post by: Dolphster on June 03, 2019, 08:38:19 am I don't consider this nor video games to be sports. This! Title: Re: New Low in Sports with an 8 way tie! Post by: CF DolFan on June 03, 2019, 10:12:58 am I think the term "sports" is used for lack of a better word. It is a competition. I never get too upset about anyone's opinion on what is and what isn't a sport.
Title: Re: New Low in Sports with an 8 way tie! Post by: Sunstroke on June 03, 2019, 11:45:35 am I can't count how many spelling bees I won as a kid...dozens, at least, but I CAN tell you how many times someone came up to me afterwards and said "What an amazing athlete you are!" (zero) Title: Re: New Low in Sports with an 8 way tie! Post by: masterfins on June 03, 2019, 12:06:38 pm Funny to see talk of spelling bee results considered a new low in "sports," and yet whenever ESPN broadcasts video games (which require physical coordination and reflexes) everyone loses their minds. I don't consider spelling a sport, I just put it in this category as a joke since it was broadcast on ESPN2. Nor do I think video gaming is a sport, but I don't think we need to re-hash that topic again, do we? Title: Re: New Low in Sports with an 8 way tie! Post by: CF DolFan on June 03, 2019, 12:10:04 pm I don't consider spelling a sport, I just put it in this category as a joke since it was broadcast on ESPN2. Nor do I think video gaming is a sport, but I don't think we need to re-hash that topic again, do we? That's what we do best during the off-season!! (https://media2.giphy.com/media/Y2RLZ5XXYeK0o/giphy.gif?cid=790b76115cf545f34b5457376f712728&rid=giphy.gif) Title: Re: New Low in Sports with an 8 way tie! Post by: Dolphster on June 03, 2019, 03:53:42 pm That's what we do best during the off-season!! (https://media2.giphy.com/media/Y2RLZ5XXYeK0o/giphy.gif?cid=790b76115cf545f34b5457376f712728&rid=giphy.gif) LOL, well, you raise a valid point there. We debate some pretty stupid shit even during the season. But during the off-season, anything is up for discussion. Title: Re: New Low in Sports with an 8 way tie! Post by: Dave Gray on June 03, 2019, 04:19:57 pm Sounds like a new high in sports. 8 kids getting paid because you can't find a word they can't spell sounds like a win to me.
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