Except that in football you aren't even allowed to make a field goal
attempt that you are not entitled to. In radiosport, you essentially
can ... you make a guess at a callsign or exchange that you didn't
really copy and hope you are either correct or don't get caught. The
penalties are there to discourage such behavior.
Besides, in football you are indeed given a penalty for trying to gain
an undue advantage by being offside, late hit, interference with a pass
receiver, etc ... all of which are exactly analogous to incorrectly or
carelessly copying or logging a required exchange. Read the rules ...
they require you to perform those activities accurately and doing
otherwise is precisely a "rules infraction".
Dave AB7E
On 5/26/2013 8:18 AM, Radio K0HB wrote:
Your analogy is not relevant to the discussion, Steve. Your example
addresses the violation of rules (which we'd all agree ought to be
penalized).
Poor copying or logging skills (busted calls, transposed serials, etc) are
not rules infractions.
These are not rewarded by points, just as a missed field goal is not
rewarded by points. But I never saw an additional 3 points (or 6 or 9
points) removed for a missed FG.
73, Hans, K0HB
On Saturday, May 25, 2013, Steve Sacco NN4X wrote
Actually, this exact type of issue has been worked out in any number of
sports.
Let's take American football: Depending upon the infraction, the offending
team does not simply lose their turn, or force a "do over"; they're
assessed yards, or a loss of down or similar. The point is to encourage
abiding by the rules, and strongly discourage breaking them by making their
infraction painful, and causing them to not want to do it again.
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