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A bit off-topic, but my favorite example of incentives gone awry in sport occurred during the 1994 Caribbean Cup (football), which ultimately resulted in one te
by xcolour 14y ago
A bit off-topic, but my favorite example of incentives gone awry in sport occurred during the 1994 Caribbean Cup (football), which ultimately resulted in one team defending both goals while the other team tried to score in either. In this case, the rule that caused the chaos was recognized to be poorly thought out and replaced in later tournaments.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados_v_Grenada_(1994) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados_v_Grenada_(1994)
- nandemo 14y agoNot only it's on-topic, it's even more amusing. At some point one of the teams was trying to score +1, but as the time passed it became safer to score -1 for a chance of +2 later; after deciding on scoring -1, the situation sort of reversed and the other team tried to score either +1 or -1.