Kia is the auto industry’s version of Private Labeling. They seem to clone everyone else’s successful cars.

Unfortunately it is seen as an acceptable part of the game in most of Europe/South America and often players will be praised for their “cunning”.
Herer in England/Britain diving is seen as a terrible part of the game that should be driven out. However with the arrival of so many foreign players it has slowly crept into the game a lot more although it is still considered cheating and foul play. One of the worst recent cases was when Robert Pires dived to win a penalty for Arsenal a few years ago. What made the offense worse was that upon viewing the replay it could be seen that Pires not only dived but had actually flung his foot into the defending players as he fell to make it look like a foul.

Paolo Di Canio also did a similar thing whilst palying for West Ham a few years back as well. He was passed the ball and had the goal at his mercy but upon seeing that the goalkeeper was down injured he put the ball out of play for a throw-in rather than score. I believe that Di Canio was awarded a fair play award for this.

Ever see a 3 year old lie?? Adorable and sad at the same time.

Sports figures, despite Barkley commercials, are role models. When they lie it sends off the wrong message paticularly about sportsmanship.

So is it a good lie or a bad lie??

I dont know.

Speaking of lying – according to G. Larson & W. Oldham – police officers right to lie has been upheld by the Supreme Court numerous times. According to them, lying is an invaluable, irreplacable means of collecting information.

So, if some poor kid is being interrogated then three detectives get to tell him: We have your prints (lie) Your buddies just ratted you out (lie) and we know you did this (lie). Now if you want to get out of this mess all you have to do is sign this confession. (lie)

Are these good lies or bad lies?? I am not smart enough to figure that out.

On the otherside of it, when was the last time you noticed you were speeding on the road, and then drove to the police station to go let them know to give you a ticket?

Not removed is: Players in uniform shall not address or mingle with spectators, nor sit in the stands before, during, or after a game. No manager, coach or player shall address any spectator before or during a game. Players of opposing teams shall not fraternize at any time while in uniform. So it seems that Manny Ramirez’s hand slap of the fan when he caught that long fly in left a year ago or so would violate the “address or mingle spectators” rule, even though it was one of the coolest plays I’ve ever seen. But I digress.

What I’d like to see is a return to those halcyon days of yesteryear, and force players to be honest and sportsmanlike with a one week suspension for violation of those rules. Trap a fly ball and act like you caught it? Get a week off. Play a fair ball like it was foul? Week off. Play the homer like it was a double? Week off. Fake getting hit by a pitch? Pretend that the ball hit the dirt before the catcher caught it? A. J. Pierzynski, the biggest cheater of modern times, deserves at least a week off. Deliberately get in the way of an infielder trying to complete a double play? Get to watch the rest of the World Series from the stands.

You just see downsides? Well, here are the upsides. First of all, it would make the game more honest. Secondly, if a player tries to fake a play, the ump would be able to hit him with a suspension based on video analysis afterwards. Finally, when a player legitimately fakes a play, an ump *might* be able to use video, knowing the player cares enough to risk suspension. Since baseball already has certain types of plays where upon the appeal of a manager the ump is encouraged to check with the other umps to get the play right (the most important thing *is* to get the play right, according to the rule book) then this would seem a logical extension. And the case in point from the game last week when a ball eight inches foul was called fair leading to three eighth inning runs. When the left fielder objects, the ump has reason to double check, because the risk of one play does not justify a week long suspension.

Does it make for a better game? I *think* so. So much of baseball’s history is about cheating, or the catching of cheaters. Turn it around, glorify the folks who are honest and sportsmanlike, and I think you’ll have more fans of the game. Maybe not more fans of a specific team, but for every cheater who gets away with something pleasing his team’s fans, there are at least as many opposing fans who are unhappy. I’d say that while there are thousands of Patriots fans who love the illegal taping, but more than that who hate it. The same goes for corked bats, doctored pitches, and steroids, and phantom pushes, hidden crackback blocking, and using stickum. Put baseball on the same honesty standards as golf (and bridge, and even that lone cricket player; remember, the phrase “it isn’t cricket” goes back to the times when cricketeers were self-policing) and I bet baseball would gain more fans overall.