Sports you can quit

[troutman]

Forfeit (baseball)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forfeit_(baseball)

Ten Cent Beer Night

: A promotion held by the Cleveland Indians on June 4, 1974 backfired when intoxicated Cleveland fans ran onto the field and attacked Texas Rangers outfielder Jeff Burroughs with the score tied 5-5 in the ninth inning. This led to a riot in which the drunken and rowdy fans—armed with an array of debris including chunks of the stadium seating—brawled with players from both teams as well as with officials. The umpires forfeited the game to Texas.

Disco Demolition Night: On July 12, 1979, the Chicago White Sox held a game in which Chicago radio personality Steve Dahl came onto the field to blow up a box full of disco records between games of a doubleheader with the Detroit Tigers. After the box was blown up, rowdy and intoxicated fans who had packed Comiskey Park beyond capacity stormed the field, engaged in various acts of vandalism and theft, and did not leave the field until the arrival of Chicago police in full riot gear. The field was so badly torn up that the umpires decided the second game could not be played. American League President Lee MacPhail later forfeited the second game to Detroit.

On August 10, 1995, the Los Angeles Dodgers gave out baseballs to paying customers as they entered the Dodger Stadium gates for a game against the St. Louis Cardinals. However, fans interrupted the game in the seventh inning when they threw these baseballs onto the field. In the bottom of the ninth inning, the Cardinals were leading the game 2-1. The first batter, Raúl Mondesí, was called out on strikes and then ejected by home plate umpire Jim Quick for arguing, as was Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda moments later. Dodger fans, fueled by a series of close calls again threw their souvenir baseballs onto the field. The Cardinals left the field due to safety concerns and the field was cleaned up so play could resume. However, when the Cardinals returned to the field, at least one ball sailed out of the center field bleachers and the umpires immediately forfeited the game to St. Louis.[9][10] As a result of this incident, Major League Baseball decreed that for any future promotional giveaways of baseballs or any other throwable object, the items would be given out as fans exited the stadium.

[troutman]

Walkover

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkover

Submission (combat sports)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submission_(combat_sports)

[Cecil Terwilliger]

What definitely doesn’t happen enough is making a mockery of the game after a bad call puts it out of reach. Or just bad sportsmanship to try and cheapen the victory.

Down a couple of goals late? Don’t just pull the goalie. Shoot it in your own net. Multiple times. Fire it at the opposing teams bench. Take like 10 straight delay of game penalties by shooting it over the glass.

Down a couple of TDs? Intentionally jump the snap on like 20 consecutive plays. Punt on first down. Put a linebacker in at QB.

Losing bad in a race? Park your car in the middle of a chicane and just walk away.

Down a couple in a soccer game? I want hard tackles, multiple red cards, players picking up the ball and running it down the field rugby style then punting it 40 rows deep into the stands every time play restarts.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

What definitely doesn’t happen enough is making a mockery of the game after a bad call puts it out of reach. Or just bad sportsmanship to try and cheapen the victory.

Down a couple of goals late? Don’t just pull the goalie. Shoot it in your own net. Multiple times. Fire it at the opposing teams bench. Take like 10 straight delay of game penalties by shooting it over the glass.

Down a couple of TDs? Intentionally jump the snap on like 20 consecutive plays. Punt on first down. Put a linebacker in at QB.

Losing bad in a race? Park your car in the middle of a chicane and just walk away.

Down a couple in a soccer game? I want hard tackles, multiple red cards, players picking up the ball and running it down the field rugby style then punting it 40 rows deep into the stands every time play restarts.

I think thats all just Aussie Rules Football....

[Swift]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Down a couple in a soccer game? I want hard tackles, multiple red cards, players picking up the ball and running it down the field rugby style then punting it 40 rows deep into the stands every time play restarts.

Then here you go...

Farcical scenes quicky led to a basketball score as league champions AS Adema won a match 149-0, more than quadrupling the existing record - and without gaining possession between the first goal and the 149th.
Their opponents, Stade Olymique L'Emyrne, took complete control of the national league game, reducing Adema to the role of onlookers, as they deliberately plonked the ball in the back of their own net 149 times, in protest over a refereeing decision.

https://www.theguardian.com/football...wsstory.sport5

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

What definitely doesn’t happen enough is making a mockery of the game after a bad call puts it out of reach. Or just bad sportsmanship to try and cheapen the victory.

Down a couple of goals late? Don’t just pull the goalie. Shoot it in your own net. Multiple times. Fire it at the opposing teams bench. Take like 10 straight delay of game penalties by shooting it over the glass.

Down a couple of TDs? Intentionally jump the snap on like 20 consecutive plays. Punt on first down. Put a linebacker in at QB.

Losing bad in a race? Park your car in the middle of a chicane and just walk away.

Down a couple in a soccer game? I want hard tackles, multiple red cards, players picking up the ball and running it down the field rugby style then punting it 40 rows deep into the stands every time play restarts.

Honestly I'd love to have you on my staff, sometimes I take football way to seriously when I'm coaching and could use someone that's completely off the pegs.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Lubicon

U.S. football and the kneel down to end the half or game. That kind of stretches the definition of quitting but with the NFL's ridiculously long play clock teams can pretty much walk off the field with almost a minute left. Canadian rules are not quite as bad but it can still be done.

Moscow Red Army briefly walked off the ice during a game vs .Philadelphia in 1976 but returned to finish it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_P...3Red_Army_game

It's not about quitting as the kneel down is there to protect the players. You can't play football at half speed as it's a sport where if you aren't engaged and let your guard down you risk serious injury. Rather than run a few meaningless plays that could lead to injury the best course is to simply kneel down and let the clock wind down.

[FireGilbert]

I'm pretty much obliged to mention cricket.

In test cricket it is possible for teams to declare their innings over at any time. It can be used as a way of quitting when defeat is already ensured but is usually done as a winning strategy when a team has already amassed a large lead and wants to maximize time to get their opponents out. It can be also done strategically for example to rest a bowler or take advantage of difficult conditions.

[CaptainCrunch]

Chess

[Bobblehead]

A lot of minor ball I played had a mercy rule. If you were up by a certain number of runs in a specific inning, the game was done. They were 7 inning games so it was often 10 runs at the end of 5 innings was a mercy, or something similar that.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

It's not about quitting as the kneel down is there to protect the players. You can't play football at half speed as it's a sport where if you aren't engaged and let your guard down you risk serious injury. Rather than run a few meaningless plays that could lead to injury the best course is to simply kneel down and let the clock wind down.

No it's not about quitting but its always a little funny in the NFL when the gun goes off and they quit playing thirty seconds ago and some guys are almost in the locker room.

Happens in the NBA too - opponents are bro hugging each other while the clock is winding down.

[troutman]

We've seen people turn over board games that weren't going so well for them.

[KTrain]

Originally Posted by troutman

We've seen people turn over board games that weren't going so well for them.

I've flipped a Monopoly board or two.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

[CaptainCrunch]

Holy crap its a CaptainCrunch family game night.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Wow. That man seems unreasonably upset.

[Johnny Makarov]

Don't forget the magic guys...

[Winsor_Pilates]

Is that the same guy?

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

Is that the same guy?

It looks like the same guy.

He appears to have some Board-Game Triggered anger issues.

[MarchHare]

I read somewhere that he's playing a character and it's all part of a staged act, not a spontaneous outburst of genuine anger.