以下節錄 ESPN 專欄文章,今年的超級盃不愧是最會鑽漏洞的兩隊相爭。
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.
有一隊藉著公然無視NFL規則而創造了一個重要的競爭優勢
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.
過去三年,有一隊創造了不可思議的歷史:
在勝場,超級盃出場,及犯規上,領先全聯盟。
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.
今年的十八場比賽中,海鷹犯了聯盟最多的 144 次犯規,
而他們的對手只有約一半的 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,情緒化的比賽,
海鷹考量風險與報酬下了解到最佳的打法是去挑戰規則,粗暴對待對手,
拿到更多黃旗,及最重要的贏得比賽,
而不是打得像童子軍然後在家看別人打季後賽。
Meanwhile, several of the top teams in the league