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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
You don't see how a hockey shootout, which has nothing to do with the point of the main part of the game, is more gimmicky than basketball, who plays overtime by exactly the same rules as regular time, using the same number of players, or tennis, which has the same individual game, but simply has a condensed format
Basketball has 5 on 5 in regular time, and 5 on 5 overtime until one team wins.
Tennis is one on one, and a tiebreaker game is one on one.
Hockey is 5 on 5, but the shootout is essentially 1 on 0 (the goalie not being part of the original 5).
The three would be only be the same gimmicky if Basketball decided ties after overtime by having a free throw shooting contest, and Tennis decided 6-6 sets with a fastest serve competition.
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Basketball and Tennis are sports were points are scored at frequency and the opponents rarely have the same score at the end of an interval. When they have to go extra time, usually the match can end a short time afterwards. Hockey is completely different sport where as points aren't gained as frequently or easily. There's a great chance in hockey that OT will go on for long period of time; especially if both teams play safe and defensive.
If hockey was a sport where scoring could occur with more frequency, than shootouts would occur a lot less since these games would conclude in 5 minute OT much more often.
EDIT: Nevermind, I see the context of your post now.