Monday, December 1, 2008
Fantasy Football
Ethics question - Is it smart or lame for an owner who is a #1 seed headed into the playoffs to bench his entire roster in the last week of regular season so that he doesn't have to face a #8 seed that is a very good team? I say smart (and it wasn't me) but players in the league are u in arms.
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Smart? Very
Lame? Extremely
Ethical? Now that is a good question. I actually conferred with a couple of dicitionaries to get a tighter grasp on the meaning of ethical. There seems to be three components to ethical. The frist two don't really apply. First is re: morality nothing here raises to the level or a moral question. Second is having to do with the practice of a profession, again no relation.
Thirdly having to do with a standard of practice.
"conforming to accepted standards of conduct"
Again looking to Merriam-Webster for a clarification of standard
"something established by authority, custom, or general consent as a model or example ".
There is evidently nothing from authority addressing this action. So we are left with general consent and custom. The general outrage would seem to suggest this action was outside of general consent and additionally nothing suggests that there is any longstanding custom presupposing this action.
My verdict
Ethical NO
Yes its smart, yes its lame...as for ethical that's a bit trickier. I don't really know if its an issue of ethics. I think its an issue of allowed or not with the sporting regulations. In this case I'm pretty sure the coach/owner can play or sit whomever he feels will accomplish his goal. Generally that goal is to win, and in the big picture his goal is to win.
I think I would find it more unethical if they played the first stringers and just told them to take it easy and not worry if you had a "bad game" and lost. I would hope or assume the second stringers are going to play as well as they can to prove themselves for future reference, but who knows.
Good question.
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