skiffrun

"You keep your own score in golf"
Not really. The only time you keep your own score in golf is when it is equivalent to a bicycle JRA. As soon as it becomes a real competition, your opponent or a judge is keeping your score, or keeping a duplicate score, and if you sign your score-card with a wrong stroke count on it, you are disqualified.

"you call your opponents hits out in tennis"
Again, true if you are engaging in a pick-up match or in the early rounds of small tournaments and organized competitions. However, once the level of the tournament gets a bit more serious, judges make those calls.

Ditto every sport I can think of, including basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, hockey.


That "[t]he OP jokingly asked for the other side of the story" is sorta' true -- I'm not sure I think the word "jokingly" is the right adjective -- but your response did not show anything "joking" in it. It seemed to be nothing but vitriol. Usually I skate over the vitriol-filled posts because the writer seems mostly interested in having "fun" by making others angry. Some people do that in person -- I can think of a cyclist in NC that does that -- but it is easier to do on the big interweb -- no chance anyone will literally bash you over the head. Homey sometimes will virtually bash one over the head on here.


Finally, anyone with the word "French" in their self-chosen handle that complains about rules -- that is a contradiction in terms. Since 1792, the French have been all about "scientific rules"; prior to 1792, the French were overwhelmed with "capricious rules". So ... they've always been about rules.

Embrace your handle.