Ethics

Sports, God and Irrationality

By Ed Brayton

I'm sure you were all riveted to your TV sets watching the Montreal Alouettes and the Saskatchewan Roughriders play on Sunday for the Grey Cup in the Canadian equivalent of the Super Bowl. I wasn't, actually, but I did catch a brief report on ESPN while flipping channels and I had to laugh about how the game ended - and what was said afterward.

It was apparently a great game, with Montreal kicking a game-winning field goal with no time left on the clock to take the championship. But the kicker got two shots at it. He missed the first one, but the other team had an extra man on the field so there was a 10 yard penalty and a rekick. He made the second won and there was much joy in Mudville.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on December 02, 2009 (boomark / email).