The ridiculous sportsmanship commercial that came on during the playoffs years ago

[Purch]

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]

GTFO that anyone would do this in an actual competitive game. I don't care if it is high school or middle..

[Purch]

Exactly. Once you consider how many bad calls are made against you during the duration of a game

[HylianNightmare]

I get the idea but it'd never happen, his teammates woud also kill him.

[Purch]

I get the idea but it'd never happen, his teammates woud also kill him.

That's what I'm sayin.

[Young X]

This sends the wrong message to kids.

[Kvnzhangyay]

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]

:roll:

[gilalizard]

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]

: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]

That kid would literally get his ass kicked for doing this, in what looks like a championship game to boot

[Spaulding]

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]

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]

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]

CRINGE.

:lol

[Purch]

:roll:

[Kblaze8855]

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]

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]

is that chris paul?

[Prime_Shaq]

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]

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]

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]

is that chris paul?

Chris Paul would've punched him in the balls

[unknowns8]

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]

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]

:roll:

[ralph_i_el]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[RRR3]

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!]

That guy looks like a young Chris Paul

[Purch]

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]

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!"

[DCL]

i would have exploded if that was my teammate.

[NumberSix]

"Your moves are just gay"


Greatest commercial ever.

[Mr. I'm So Rad]

This isn't nearly as bad as the "Don't call stuff gay" commercial.

[Purch]

Just saw this again.. It's amazing that not everyone finds this cringeworthy

[MrC1991]

Woat

[Lensanity]

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]

I mean, it was kinda okay, then that music at .40? no..

[SpecialQue]

So we're actually calling out a PSA now?

What's next...bitching about the acting in an Inside the NBA skit?

[LongLiveTheKing]

No way I would ever do that in a game or someone I know :roll:

[Kvnzhangyay]

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]

This is why Alex is an insurance salesman and not a professional basketball player. got this comment from youtube.

[bdreason]

Let the refs do their job. Basketball isn't Golf. Bad calls get made all the time.

[Asukal]

I'm surprised they didn't put lebron in this commercial. :confusedshrug:

[oarabbus]

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]

Every year in the playoffs this commercial returns to my memory.. So i gotta bump it.

[tmacattack33]

:roll:

[Purch]

:roll:
Lol every time man... Like the gift that keeps giving

[Purch]

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.