以下节录 ESPN 专栏文章,今年的超级杯不愧是最会钻漏洞的两队相争。
http://ppt.cc/V926
There's a team in Super Bowl XLIX that, for years, has created a
major competitive advantage by blatantly disregarding NFL rules.
有一队藉著公然无视NFL规则而创造了一个重要的竞争优势
Over the past three years the Seahawks have done something no one
in the white-socks-and-black-shoes, stuck-in-the-1950s NFL ever
dreamed possible, or legal. Since 2012 Seattle has been at the
top of the NFL in wins (tied with 36), Super Bowl appearances
and ... penalties.
过去三年,有一队创造了不可思议的历史:
在胜场,超级杯出场,及犯规上,领先全联盟。
Through 18 games, the Seahawks not only have been called for a
league-high 144 penalties (according to NFLpenalties.com) their
opponents have only been flagged just 80 times. Yes, you read
that correctly. The Seahawks have been called for almost twice
as many penalties as their opponents.
今年的十八场比赛中,海鹰犯了联盟最多的 144 次犯规,
而他们的对手只有约一半的 80 次。
In a game of violence, aggression, speed and emotion, the Seahawks
simply looked at the risk/reward and realized it is far better to
play on the razor's edge (and beyond), to bend the rules, manhandle
opponents and incur an extra flag (or 20) and, ya know, WIN THE
GAMES, rather than fall in line, play like a Boy Scout and watch
the playoffs from home just like the NFL's least penalized team,
the 3-13 Jaguars (73).
在暴力,侵略,快速,情绪化的比赛,
海鹰考量风险与报酬下了解到最佳的打法是去挑战规则,粗暴对待对手,
拿到更多黄旗,及最重要的赢得比赛,
而不是打得像童子军然后在家看别人打季后赛。
Meanwhile, several of the top teams in the league