The Right Wing proudly presents the 74th post in franchise history. Today, we detail cheating in sports. Enjoy.
The Faux Coach Pendulum
ESPN recently ran an article detailing the lengths to which teams and players went to cheat, or gain a leg up on the competition. In football, the home team has the wonderful advantage of placing cameras high overhead in their stadiums and catching glimpses of the practices, hoping to steal signs and learns plays of the opposing team.
To counteract this super-secret spy mode, the opposing team will dress a dummy coach, likely an assistant, in full coaching gear with a clipboard and a head-set that isn't plugged in, and let him give hand motions that appear to signal plays. This coach would roam the sidelines, obviously drawing attention to himself and away from the real coaching staff, hence the name: Faux Coach Pendulum.
Buckshot's Birdshot
NASCAR, and all forms of racing, have there own special group of cheaters. "Buckshot" Jones's racing team devised a way to lighten his race car. They pourde birdshot into the framework of the vehicle, creating a heavy car that would pass pre-race inspection. The key to this plan was the dump switch, cleverly disguised as a wiring harness running beside the driver's seat. Once Jones was on the track, he could pull the harness and open a small door, dumping the birdshot on the apron of the track.
Stoned Cats
Treachery, thy name is new Right Wing mascot...
Presenting the new mascots for The Right Wing. Why? Because we deal in funny cats.
3 comments:
NASCAR... America's imbred cousin with webbed feet... where would we be without you? I will say this for Nascar - fantastic accidents.
Loving the cats. My vote is actually split between picture 2 and 3. You're not quite enough of a stoner to pull off 2. 3 seems just paranoid enough to fit your personality. Good stuff my friend.
erm... make that inbred...
You know, I still don't understand the bias against NASCAR itself. F1 is the same thing, just on tracks that look like they were designed by an architect having a seizure. You don't complain about Olympic sprinters, and all they do is run in circles...
Thanks for the comments.
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