View Full Version : The ridiculous sportsmanship commercial that came on during the playoffs years ago
Purch
07-22-2015, 06:49 PM
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9x0LgNVQjyY
Finally found this crap
Blows my mind now that I saw it again after all these years
How many of you remember this?
triangleoffense
07-22-2015, 07:03 PM
GTFO that anyone would do this in an actual competitive game. I don't care if it is high school or middle..
Purch
07-22-2015, 07:14 PM
Exactly. Once you consider how many bad calls are made against you during the duration of a game
HylianNightmare
07-22-2015, 07:20 PM
I get the idea but it'd never happen, his teammates woud also kill him.
Purch
07-22-2015, 07:28 PM
I get the idea but it'd never happen, his teammates woud also kill him.
That's what I'm sayin.
Young X
07-22-2015, 07:39 PM
This sends the wrong message to kids.
Kvnzhangyay
07-22-2015, 08:01 PM
Eh I think this is the right thing to do in a pick-up game, especially with friends.
Definitely not in a game that actually matters though, lol, unless it doesn't change the outcome at all
Purch
07-22-2015, 08:24 PM
:roll:
gilalizard
07-22-2015, 08:39 PM
It's exactly the right message to present to kids.
The problem is how far from the reality it is. When kids see this commercial and then see players of LeBron's stature flopping like a gutted fish and whining for bailout calls on every other play, it rings more than a bit hollow.
Hamtaro CP3KDKG
07-22-2015, 08:47 PM
:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:
most BETA commercial EVER, holy fck:roll: :roll: what a waste of production for that like any1 finna do that in real life:roll: :facepalm
SouBeachTalents
07-22-2015, 08:48 PM
That kid would literally get his ass kicked for doing this, in what looks like a championship game to boot
Spaulding
07-22-2015, 08:48 PM
It's exactly the right message to present to kids.
The problem is how far from the reality it is. When kids see this commercial and then see players of LeBron's stature flopping like a gutted fish and whining for bailout calls on every other play, it rings more than a bit hollow.
Rent free.
Giaodollo
07-22-2015, 08:51 PM
GTFO that anyone would do this in an actual competitive game. I don't care if it is high school or middle..
Daniele De Rossi let the referee know he used his hand to score a goal 2006 against Mesina in a Seria A game. They were up 1-0, later Mesina equalized but Roma still won.
i can't find the full video of the event where he actually approaced the ref, but here is the goal at least. You can't see him approching. I just remember this game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRCY5IQw4j4
http://www.thestar.com.my/story/?file=%2f2006%2f3%2f21%2fsports%2f13722669&sec=sports
Edot: not a much better video, but a cutscene of where he shakes hands with the ref and tells him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhpW_VxJBp0
Giaodollo
07-22-2015, 08:53 PM
I get the idea but it'd never happen, his teammates woud also kill him.
If we are talking about a champ game maybe. But Roma fans, Mesina fans, teammates and the referee appluaded De Rossi after the incident.
iTare
07-22-2015, 08:56 PM
CRINGE.
:lol
Purch
07-22-2015, 09:58 PM
:roll:
Kblaze8855
07-22-2015, 11:07 PM
In the early nba days if you didn't raise your hand physically to acknowledge you had committed a foul it was an automatic tech. Forget arguing. You had to verbally and physically acknowledge your mistake.
HylianNightmare
07-22-2015, 11:35 PM
In the early nba days if you didn't raise your hand physically to acknowledge you had committed a foul it was an automatic tech. Forget arguing. You had to verbally and physically acknowledge your mistake.
They should go back to this:oldlol:
inclinerator
07-22-2015, 11:35 PM
is that chris paul?
Prime_Shaq
07-23-2015, 02:16 AM
In the early nba days if you didn't raise your hand physically to acknowledge you had committed a foul it was an automatic tech. Forget arguing. You had to verbally and physically acknowledge your mistake.
They should implement this again lol
Purch
07-23-2015, 07:39 AM
When you're trying to develop morals for your children and you present a hypothetical scenario, you're supposed to be honest with them about the reality of the situation. The reality is that calls go in your favor, and calls don't throughout the course of the season. The reality is that you'll lose just as many games due to bad calls as you'll win. The reality is that you're putting your personal guilt above your teamates who've battled and died with you for this moment. The reality is that you're gonna be alienated by your team and classmates for a child's game. One of the major things they teach you at any level of basketball is not to complain about the refs, because it's up to your tesam to dictate the action. The coaches response is unrealistic.
If you want to teach your kid realistic morals about basketball a better example would have been....
Breaking up a potential fight between your teamate and someone on the other team... Being the first person in practice and the last person to leave....taking responsibility for a bad mistake you made to lose the game... Cheering your teamates on, even though you're stuck in the bench.. Saying no to drugs cause you have a bright future In sports.....Refusing to talk back when someone on the other team is trash talking... Comforting that player on your team who just missed the last shot.... Staying out late to help your teamate improve on a weakness..Offering a hand to someone on the other team who fell down on the floor
Every example I just gave are realistic moral actions that can easily teach players to be class acts on the basketball court and be leaders for their teamates. The commercial that I posted, is a way to be hated by your teamates, because the decision is morally ambiguous at best, and is illogical.
KembaWalker
07-23-2015, 08:24 AM
We gonna ignore the acne'd up white boy like they want us to believe he actually has any say on that team, keep your mouth shut fam
JohnMax
07-23-2015, 08:37 AM
is that chris paul?
Chris Paul would've punched him in the balls
unknowns8
07-23-2015, 08:51 AM
When you're trying to develop morals for your children and you present a hypothetical scenario, you're supposed to be honest with them about the reality of the situation. The reality is that calls go in your favor, and calls don't throughout the course of the season. The reality is that you'll lose just as many games due to bad calls as you'll win. The reality is that you're putting your personal guilt above your teamates who've battled and died with you for this moment. The reality is that you're gonna be alienated by your team and classmates for a child's game. One of the major things they teach you at any level of basketball is not to complain about the refs, because it's up to your tesam to dictate the action. The coaches response is unrealistic.
If you want to teach your kid realistic morals about basketball a better example would have been....
Breaking up a potential fight between your teamate and someone on the other team... Being the first person in practice and the last person to leave....taking responsibility for a bad mistake you made to lose the game... Cheering your teamates on, even though you're stuck in the bench.. Saying no to drugs cause you have a bright future In sports.....Refusing to talk back when someone on the other team is trash talking... Comforting that player on your team who just missed the last shot.... Staying out late to help your teamate improve on a weakness..Offering a hand to someone on the other team who fell down on the floor
Every example I just gave are realistic moral actions that can easily teach players to be class acts on the basketball court and be leaders for their teamates. The commercial that I posted, is a way to be hated by your teamates, because the decision is morally ambiguous at best, and is illogical.
like as in goin to bars and drinkin shots and buying hookers and shit like that?!?!?!
:cheers: :rockon: :pimp: I'm in!
JohnnySic
07-23-2015, 08:53 AM
It wouldn't be a problem in a pickup game, unless you're playing with @$$holes. Pickup games are supposed to be fun and all.
Organized sports is different; its basically a snakepit of undesirables. Coaches are the worst. Jocks are generally douchebags. Referees are @$$holes. And the parents of players are psychotic. Go ahead and cheat if you can get away with it. Its a dog eat dog situation.
Purch
07-23-2015, 11:06 AM
:roll:
ralph_i_el
07-23-2015, 11:18 AM
If you actually did this, the ref would look at you like you're retarded, and not change anything. Your coach and teammates would be pissed. The other team would laugh at you.
How can you make a sports commercial if you've never played a competitive sport.
wally_world
07-23-2015, 12:16 PM
If this happens in real life the kid will get sued by the team for throwing the game, ending his career and putting him in jail for life
kshutts1
07-23-2015, 12:25 PM
Those berating the commercial for its lack of realism are the same people that don't recognize that real change takes a lot of hard work, and has to start somewhere.
Does the commercial have good intent? Yes
Is the commercial the best way to spur on change? No
Was the commercial a little misguided in that regard? Yes
But anyone that argues "that's not realistic" or "that's not what would happen"... In order to change things, we must challenge the status quo. We must challenge what is recognized as "normal" and "reality". We must take steps towards the future we want.
To deep for a basketball forum? Likely.
Joyner82reload
07-23-2015, 12:31 PM
Responses in this thread are a prime example of the differences in character between an upper class gentleman's game, golf, and a low class poverty game, like basketball.
Responses in this thread are a prime example of the differences in character between an upper class gentleman's game, golf, and a low class poverty game, like basketball.
I am a big believer in honesty, but I think these reactions would be the same for fans of baseball, football, hockey, etc.
Megabox!
07-23-2015, 12:35 PM
That guy looks like a young Chris Paul
Purch
07-26-2015, 07:23 AM
Responses in this thread are a prime example of the differences in character between an upper class gentleman's game, golf, and a low class poverty game, like basketball.
:biggums:
andgar923
07-26-2015, 08:07 AM
If I was the coach I would've looked at him, and said "Yeah you're right, good sportsmanship I applaud you for your honesty. We'll buy you a cookie after the game, now go sit down cause we have a game to win!"
i would have exploded if that was my teammate.
NumberSix
07-26-2015, 08:46 AM
"Your moves are just gay"
Greatest commercial ever.
Mr. I'm So Rad
07-26-2015, 09:13 AM
This isn't nearly as bad as the "Don't call stuff gay" commercial.
Purch
08-14-2015, 04:38 PM
Just saw this again.. It's amazing that not everyone finds this cringeworthy
MrC1991
08-14-2015, 07:08 PM
Woat
Lensanity
08-14-2015, 07:31 PM
Pickup game- Yes, always do this
Championship game- GTFO with that corny bullshit and no thanks to being gangbanged in the locker room after the game
ArbitraryWater
08-14-2015, 07:37 PM
I mean, it was kinda okay, then that music at .40? no..
SpecialQue
08-14-2015, 07:43 PM
So we're actually calling out a PSA now?
What's next...bitching about the acting in an Inside the NBA skit?
LongLiveTheKing
08-14-2015, 09:16 PM
No way I would ever do that in a game or someone I know :roll:
Kvnzhangyay
08-15-2015, 12:14 AM
Pickup game- Yes, always do this
Championship game- GTFO with that corny bullshit and no thanks to being gangbanged in the locker room after the game
This. Winning or losing a pickup game doesn't mean shit; might as well play legit
Lebron23
08-15-2015, 12:38 AM
This is why Alex is an insurance salesman and not a professional basketball player. got this comment from youtube.
bdreason
08-15-2015, 01:00 AM
Let the refs do their job. Basketball isn't Golf. Bad calls get made all the time.
Asukal
08-15-2015, 01:47 AM
I'm surprised they didn't put lebron in this commercial. :confusedshrug:
oarabbus
08-15-2015, 03:41 AM
In the early nba days if you didn't raise your hand physically to acknowledge you had committed a foul it was an automatic tech. Forget arguing. You had to verbally and physically acknowledge your mistake.
Is that where the post-foul hand raise comes from?
Purch
06-08-2016, 05:56 PM
Every year in the playoffs this commercial returns to my memory.. So i gotta bump it.
tmacattack33
06-08-2016, 06:53 PM
:roll:
Purch
06-09-2016, 04:21 PM
:roll:
Lol every time man... Like the gift that keeps giving
Purch
06-12-2016, 11:54 AM
Let the refs do their job. Basketball isn't Golf. Bad calls get made all the time.
I was just arguing this same point on a different forum. Not only that there's times you might believe you hit it out, but you missed the opponents last second fingertip.that touched the ball. The refs are paid well, let them work.
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