cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/7671573
Sweden knew Canada’s Marc Kennedy was a notorious cheater.
So they set up a camera at the ‘hog line’ to record it.
And caught him doing it at the Olympics.
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/7671573
Sweden knew Canada’s Marc Kennedy was a notorious cheater.
So they set up a camera at the ‘hog line’ to record it.
And caught him doing it at the Olympics.
Because extreme cases can impact the rock. Barely touching the rock in the way caught on film realistically isn’t impacting the rock, but the rule needs to exist to prevent someone from actively pushing the rock after letting go.
But again, these guys know better and have had the time and resources to train better.
Yeah, best case is our team is made up of at least some members who never trained away bad habits that technically break the rules, like sloppy amateurs are the best Canada has to send.
Worst case, they were doing it for the exact reason it’s against the rules, which means either Canada deliberately sent cheaters or selected the olympic team in a way that didn’t catch cheating, resulting in this cheater getting caught in front of the world.
The whole “you’re not supposed to look and just trust your opponent in curling” response tells me that he at least was unrepentingly aware he was doing it and that it was against the rules, so it’s just a question if he was doing it strategically, lazily, or stubbornly.
None of the options look good, just kick him off the team already and probably withdraw from the competition unless it can be proven that the cheating didn’t get the others to where they are.
ok, but we are talking about a sport that is using brooms to micro melt the ice, and on a molecular level changing how the rotation changes the direction of this rock… someone touching the rock seems much more impactful
Fair enough. I realize now that I spoke with more confidence on the reality of the situation than I intended. Any avid curler I’ve spoken with regarding this in the last couple days swears up and down that the level of interaction that supposidly occurred between the curler and the rock is genuinely a non-factor. I do not know from any level of personal experience, hence why I stated that I trust whatever Olympic panel exists. I merely wanted to counter the poor argument that “the rule wouldn’t exist if it can’t impact the rock,” as the rule can absolutely exist for the purpose of more clear cut cases.
Armchair analysis is rarely worth taking seriously. I suspect that neither of us actually know from experience, but maybe you’re a professional curler.
That is a refreshing statement to read. A person after the truth disregards his own personal feelings and allows for possible reconsiderations. Let’s make this the 2026 thing to do! All the best.
Like in baseball there is a rule that the bat can’t have more pine tar on it than the width of home plate. It was put in teh rules in 1901 or something, no one has any idea why and the fact they once overruled the results of a MLB game related to it is astonishing.