Forfeit Trivia and Success

Here’s a couple of trivia questions for you sports fans:

1. What’s the score of a forfeited NFL game?
2. What’s the score of a forfeited baseball game?

(Answers below)

Why a discussion on forfeits?  One last Harvey Mackay lesson:  There is a quote attributed to Woody Allen that goes:  80% of success is showing up. 

Harvey’s Odds on Beating Your Competition starts with

Just show up! . . .
Show up on time . . .
Show up on time with a plan . . .
Show up on time with a plan and a commitment to carry it out . . ..
Show up on time with a plan and a commitment to carry it out, and then execute it . . .
Show up on time with a plan and a commitment to carry it out , and then execute it, and then deliver more than you promise.

Anything less than that and you risk a forfeit!

Answers (from some research on internet, but it all seems reliable):

According to the official NFL rulebook, a forfeit occurs: “... when a game is not played because of the failure or refusal of one team to participate. In that event, the other team, if ready and willing to play, is the winner by a score of 2-0” (the points earned in a safety). Why a two-point safety? Because those points are the league’s only scores that are not credited to any one player.

Baseball games are forfeited, usually when a team is no longer able to play. In the event of forfeiture, the score is recorded as 9-0, as stated in rule 2.00 of the Major League Baseball Rules Book. However, the actual game statistics are recorded as they stand at the time of the forfeit; the game is recorded as a loss in the standings for the forfeiting team and a win for the other team, even if the forfeiting team is ahead at that point. The 9-0 score equates to the number of innings in a regulation game. Sports with seven-inning games, such as high school baseball or softball, generally award a rule-based score of 7-0.

Showing up is 80% of success; see Carpe Diem Life system for working the other 20%!