From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Tue Mar 13 09:56:34 2001 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.10.1/8.9.3) id f2D9qtu05768 for britdisc-outgoing; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:52:55 GMT Received: from daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (root@daffodil [137.205.192.30]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.10.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id f2D9qaM05634 for <britdisc-real@pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:52:50 GMT Received: from hotmail.com (f111.law3.hotmail.com [209.185.241.111]) by daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.10.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id f2D9qZL18871 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:52:35 GMT Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 01:52:16 -0800 Received: from 137.222.10.58 by lw3fd.law3.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:52:16 GMT X-Originating-IP: [137.222.10.58] From: "Dirk van Swaay" <dvswaay@hotmail.com> To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk Subject: Re: fun-competition-money Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:52:16 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <F111ok84FTA7OIkUqLp0000c027@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Mar 2001 09:52:16.0483 (UTC) FILETIME=[4956FB30:01C0ABA3] Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Ben, You're right.. money is just paper, greed is the culprit. But, with bad calls happening already, don't you think they would happen much more often when players are playing for money? If you look at professional football players, they don't carry big smiles on their faces during matches like the Mohawks do, and neither do they make hilarious in-game jokes... (YEEAAHH!!!) They all know that they will receive a bonus to their salaries if they win the match, so the sport they play is no longer about having fun, it's about feeding kids/getting ahead/buying fancy cars/etc. With that priority in mind, players don't hesitate as much about spoiling the fun for others and themselves if they think that this will bring them closer to the cash bonus at the end. Have a good one, Dirk PS: www.unrealtournament.com (I'm sure someone has made a mod for Ultimate Frisbee!) _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.