Brandon Staley Broke the Trust So The Tie Did Not Occur: Prisoners' Dilemma

It happened. It happened and the exact situation where it became so minuscule. 

The Raiders had a chance to end it in a tie, but there was one fatal mistake. 

The chargers took a timeout at :38 seconds left in overtime. 

That is when the trust was broken. 

The strategy changed after that time out. 

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The Raiders were put in the position where they thought the Chargers were competing to win. So they competed to win. They did not want to be put in a situation where they thought they were the sucker. No one wants to be the sucker. 

So they competed to win. I want to know if there was any communication between both teams whether they were going to kneel or not. It was a great day to watch football, and a great way to see a form of the prisoners' dilemma happen in real-time. I hope some econ teacher captures some young minds by using this example. 

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