Re: Can we keep experimenting with scoring changes please?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John McCabe
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:42:36 -0500, "Killer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> 
> >This sounded like an interesting topic when I first read it.  As I perused
> >the posts, the old memories
> >returned & I came back to this conclusion:
> >
> >This topic has been beaten to death.
> >This topic has been beaten to death.
> >This topic has been beaten to death.
> ><repeat>
> >
> >It took a goddawful amount of time for NFHS to finally come to the table, in
> >general, with the rest of the
> >world & my high school players no longer get punished for playing club ball.
> >Interestingly, I've yet to hear
> >ONE high schooler or Juniors club player say "I wish we still played the old
> >way."
> 
> That isn't surprising as they presumably haven't spent the number of
> years the rest of us have getting used to the old system! Apart from
> that, I don't think anyone is saying 'i wish we still played the old
> way'. What is being discussed are improvements to the new way to get
> round its disadvantages when compared to the old way. However the old
> way certainly had its disadvantages too - especially 3.5 hours matches
> with constant side-outs and no points being won!
> 
> The NFHS should also just get their finger out - what is the point of
> bringing kids through school using a particular ruleset then sending
> them out into the wide world where the rules are different? It's like
> teaching them that 2+2=5 through school then having them realise that,
> once they leave school, 2+2 is actually 4!

2+2 IS 5.  

For sufficiently large values of 2