Is it okay to cheat in professional sport?

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People often have different views on what is cheating and what isn’t. I.e in soccer, time wasting may be considered cheating, but it’s done universally and teams often get away with it, depending on the ref. Does it make it ok? Depends who you ask.

Again, in NRL you can flop on a player who has made a break a way with the team about to score, get 10 in the bin and a pat on the back for saving a try.

Then there is the blatant cheating of the salary cap which is completely different.

You say it’s a simple question, but is it?
 

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People often have different views on what is cheating and what isn’t. I.e in soccer, time wasting may be considered cheating, but it’s done universally and teams often get away with it, depending on the ref. Does it make it ok? Depends who you ask.

Again, in NRL you can flop on a player who has made a break a way with the team about to score, get 10 in the bin and a pat on the back for saving a try.

Then there is the blatant cheating of the salary cap which is completely different.

You say it’s a simple question, but is it?

For the purpose of this thread the following should be considered cheating:
- Illegal and hidden payments to players outside of the cap.
- Injecting banned substances that can have a performance enhancing effect.
 

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Few will agree however, if you have zero confidence in the NRL's ability of maintaining a level playing field (which I don't)....then yes. But do it right and FFS don't self report.....
 

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More importantly ... is a hand job considered cheating? If you are ****faced .. at the Foo Fighters concert in 2011?

Asking for a mate.
 

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More importantly ... is a hand job considered cheating? If you are ****faced .. at the Foo Fighters concert in 2011?

Asking for a mate.
What girl goes to a Foo Fighters concert?

Assuming it must’ve been from a bloke
 

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If you can’t tell your misses when you get home, it’s cheating
 

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There's no easy way to tell your missus that you're a Foo Fighters fan
 
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