Here are some valid points.
In my opinion Earl did do something wrong. I also think that for $16k temptation may have led me to do 'something wrong'.
The most honest display of sportsmanship i can think of is when Bobby Jones called a penalty stroke on himself for moving the golf ball while preparing for his stroke. Noone else saw it, his opponent a rules official, I MEAN NOONE, and there were plenty of people watching and NOONE SAW IT. Bobby being an honest player called it on himself. The officials and his opponent both urged him NOT to call the penalty on himself. When asked later about it he said something along the lines of 'Do you praise somebody for not robbing the bank? That is the only way I know how to play the game' That example of sportsmanship has always stuck with me. In Earl's situation i hope i would act differently. I think you only get a few chances in life to really go out on a limb, where the expected re-action would be the opposite of what is right and just. I think Earl just missed one of his.
In my opinion Earl did do something wrong. I also think that for $16k temptation may have led me to do 'something wrong'.
The most honest display of sportsmanship i can think of is when Bobby Jones called a penalty stroke on himself for moving the golf ball while preparing for his stroke. Noone else saw it, his opponent a rules official, I MEAN NOONE, and there were plenty of people watching and NOONE SAW IT. Bobby being an honest player called it on himself. The officials and his opponent both urged him NOT to call the penalty on himself. When asked later about it he said something along the lines of 'Do you praise somebody for not robbing the bank? That is the only way I know how to play the game' That example of sportsmanship has always stuck with me. In Earl's situation i hope i would act differently. I think you only get a few chances in life to really go out on a limb, where the expected re-action would be the opposite of what is right and just. I think Earl just missed one of his.
