There's No Sports Take More Stupid And Triggering Than Ohio's Tate's Pro Foul Fluid Stance
My only guess for Ohios Tate's take in his blog this morning is that he's bored about not having anyone to argue with. Well fuck me because I'm taking the bait. Hook, line, sinker. There's no way a rational person could possibly have this take and the fact that a lot of people do proves this point. But I didn't expect it from Tate.
In my list of top five triggering sports takes this one is probably #1. Here's my list.
1. Thinking a foul isn't a foul when the game is on the line because reasons
2. Allowing quarterbacks to slide is totally not a recipe for late hits and of course defenders are targeting quarterbacks on purpose even though it's literally right where everyone is looking
I can't even think what 3-5 are because my brain is too triggered but I've written a few blogs on #2 which I embed bloated below for any of my 14 fans on this website that might have missed it:
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But this take is all about numero uno. Feels good to have reason to rage write on this. If you haven't seen the so-called controversial play - here's a good slow-mo pretty much solidifying it was a moving screen. AKA, a foul. That seems to be well agreed upon.
But to argue this should only be called in a non-critical moment is blasphemous to sports and reason. I get it. You don't want the refs to decide the game. We came to watch the players, not the refs. Seems like logical reasoning, right?
The problem with this thinking is you are actually arguing FOR referee intervention. You want the refs to decide the game by side-stepping the rules based on their subjective feel for how critical a moment is. In reality, when fouls are called evenly throughout a game, it's the player FOULING that is deciding the game. Not the fucking ref!
I have a question not only for Tate but really anyone who is foul fluid. Why haven't you advocated to changing every rule book for every sport to have ", except in critical moments of a game" added to the end of every single rule? Then at least we can all have an understanding of how things will work. Certainly that wouldn't end in disaster.
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Quick aside: I still think the biggest possible hack not taken advantage of more in th NFL is end of first half defensive teams not holding on every single play when there's like 30 seconds or so left. Especially when the offense is in field goal range. Give them five yards every play until there's :06 or whatever left and they have to either risk not scoring at all or take the field goal. Seriously, I yell at my TV every situation I see this. Maybe this is my triggering take #3.
Imagine extrapolating not calling fouls in pivotal moments due to how drastic an effect it would make in other facets of life.
"Well, you cheated on your final by looking at the straight-A student's Scantron but we won't call it because it's a pivotal moment in the school year".
"Officer, certainly you aren't going to write me a ticket for going 47 in a 25 while little toddlers are running around chasing balls. I'm almost home. My house is literally right there!"
"Listen honey, I know I cheated on you right before our wedding night, but you can't get break up with me NOW."
I for one, do not advocate turning sports into the Purge for the sake of not having fouls ruin the ending of a game. If you're mad about having the attention taken off the players at the end of a game, you're missing the real villian here. Coaches. I mean this is obvious, right? Especially for basketball. I would guess 90% of the last two minutes of any close basketball game involves white board squiggling from coaches who think their players have the memory of a goldfish (this might be true though in fairness #JustKids). These are the people that want to make end of games about them. And I'm not even going to mention this was the exact profession of one Ohio's Tate. But it seems this would be a good reason for him to spout some nonesense take like this as a false flag. I feel like that would be an interesting tidbit to add here - had I mentioned it.
Anyway, thanks to Ohio's Tate for getting my blood boiling on this beautiful Saturday. I haven't gotten this sports mad in a few months. Makes you feel alive!