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Originally Posted by danielf
I don't consider it cheating, although what they did was rather blatant. There's plenty examples of athletes who don't perform at their best in races that don't matter too much in order to avoid showing the opposition how strong they really are. Are they cheats as well?
Is a football team that rests players for less important matches cheating?
I think you're better off thinking of a format where losing doesn't help.
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There is a difference between resting or taking your foot off the gas to absolutely blatant attempts to lose.
I’d would say it was more like a football team deliberately and repeatedly scoring own goals.
Yes it was an error to have the format of the competition to put players in a position where losing was beneficial for them but I do think they deserved to be disqualified.