I got to thinking about how points are scored at sporting events. My question to you, my dear readers, is this: Who decided the way in which they score? Below is a list of the way scoring occurs, and maybe you can answer the questions.
**Football – A touchdown is 6 points. Who made the decision that a touchdown would be 6 points? Why not 1 point? And, why do they go for the goal again with the “extra point” kick? And, why is the extra point only one point and not 6?
**Soccer – A goal is 1 point. Why isn’t it 6 like football?
**Basketball – A basket is 2 points. But if a shot is made from behind the center line of the court it is 3 points. Who came up with that? And, if a shot is made within the key, why isn’t that 1 point?
**Tennis – No points are called “Love.” What? The first point is 15, the second is 30, the third 40 and the last is 2. Why isn’t the third 45 and the last 60? And why do they play 6 sets. Why not just score one point per shot and just play until you reach a score of 24?
These just highlight a few. Isn’t it all relative anyway? This inquiring mind wants to know who created the scoring systems. Do you know?
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One theory is that scoring systems were invented by ex-IRS agents to simply keep us confused as to a reason why they are as they are.
However – the most common belief is that a group of psychological psychiatrists came up with scoring systems utilizing a number greater than one to help bloat the ego of the person scoring making them feel better because they scored more than one point.
They forgot to use golf as an example – it is better to get a hole in ONE than a hole in five.
Less is better, but doesn’t sound as good.