And do they really happen apart from a competitor slipping on a banana peel or blood, sweat, wet grass, etc?
Take boxing or mma for instance, though this may apply with team sports as well; the contention is that the better man usually wins though when he doesn't win when on paper he clearly is the better man, all sorts of explanations and analyses arise.
The "lucky punch" often gets brought in these discussions in combat sports. Or the Hail Mary pass in American football--low percentage moves that happen to succeed. Often those are called flukes. I say if a game ends in such a fashion that the disparity, if any, between the two competitors has not been satisfactorily displayed, then it might be a fluke.
Can we ever justifiably say competitor A is better than competitor B if B beats A twice in low-percentage fashion but A has the better skills?
Take boxing or mma for instance, though this may apply with team sports as well; the contention is that the better man usually wins though when he doesn't win when on paper he clearly is the better man, all sorts of explanations and analyses arise.
The "lucky punch" often gets brought in these discussions in combat sports. Or the Hail Mary pass in American football--low percentage moves that happen to succeed. Often those are called flukes. I say if a game ends in such a fashion that the disparity, if any, between the two competitors has not been satisfactorily displayed, then it might be a fluke.
Can we ever justifiably say competitor A is better than competitor B if B beats A twice in low-percentage fashion but A has the better skills?
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