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In response to "But how do you fix it? It's just as much of a problem in other sports. -- nm" by Strongbad

And no, I don't see this happening in other sports -- a baseball player maybe takes of 5% of the games

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Apr 12 '17, 05:27

and rarely do you see a team actually sit more than 1 or 2 players (almost always right after long long games).

And every September, when teams are just playing out the string, whenever a playoff contender is in town, they play their best.

Football - sure stars get sat in game 16 -- but there's a clear reason to do so when nothing is at stake (Derek Carr's leg for instance)

Hockey - I don't recall this level of sitting players, it's too vital to keep a rhythm.

Only basketball has this level of nonsense, in large part due to schedule -- but no sports organization tolerates sitting players in this situation in the last game of the season.

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Carr didn't sit out of convenience, though. He had a broken leg and couldn't play. -- nm - Da5id Apr 12, 05:41 3
- His injury is the type of reason though teams do sit players - Will Hunting Apr 12, 05:54 1
  - Oh, gotcha. -- nm - Da5id Apr 12, 06:00
- a real man would have played. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 05:52
Don't baseball teams have a thing called "September call-ups" which increases the ability for teams to play younger players? -- nm - Strongbad Apr 12, 05:32 1
- They do, but most of the regulars still play a lot of the games - Will Hunting Apr 12, 05:55
Well, the game is at the United Center, I'm sure someone can be called to drag them onto the court -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Apr 12, 05:32

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