The problem with rules

22 Jun
2009

 

I go to an unusual source for this post – The grinch who stole a homer

I hate this kind of crap. There’s nothing cheaper than using some tiny, unconnected technicality to rob somebody of her rightful moment of glory, won fair and square. It’s the cheapest thing in sports: an adult pencil-whipping some kid just because she can. And my e-mail box fills up with these kinds of stories all the time.

I lost the pine box derby because a den master said I didn’t fill out the form right.

They DQ’d our team because the coach found out I failed math class two years ago.

They said the goal didn’t count because my jersey was out.

Makes me want to chew a hole through my desk.

I always get frustrated when common sense should trump rules.  The sports examples make the point dramatically.  The same is true in medicine.

 

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