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[quote=Anonymous]This is very stupid. There's a reason for the slaughter rule...

First of all, this is a waste of time. When you're up 15-0, the point has been made that one team is much, much better. No need to literally waste everyone's time going through a pointless excercise—if your team is scoring THAT easily, it doesn't sound like much of an accomplishment, so it's not even worth it so that kids on the winning team can say they had some personal benefit.

It's also brutally cruel to the losers. There's nothing wrong with winning, or even winning big... but you don't want to discourage anyone. It's literally bad for the sport. Even if you're the most bloodthirsty selfish person on earth, you need people to play against. My kid quit baseball because he got sick of too many one-sided games (nothing like that) where he just stood around.

Finally, good sportsmanship is a good idea for all sorts of reasons. It's just mean to beat up a defenseless person, but also, again, even if you're some sort of venal cruel monster, you should remember that what goes around, comes around. Nobody is ALWAYS on the winning team (and if they are, they almost certainly wind up a loser later when reality hits them in some other way). Don't treat another team in any way you wouldn't want to be treated.[/quote]

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