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I'm about to play Bubble Football

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which, let's be honest, is possibly one of the most ridiculous games of football it's possible to play

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but is it not the most ridiculous game of football in history.

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That goes to 1994 and the Carribean Cup match between Barbados and Grenada.

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When [WHISTLE] oh blimey -- Barbados went into that match -- aaugh!

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You know what?, I'm gonna tell this story later!

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The 1994 Carribean cup. It is Barbados vs. Grenada.

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Barbados need to win by two clear goals in order to qualify, just winning isn't good enough.

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So, in they go. By halfway through the match they're up 2-0, but, with just seven minutes left

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Grenada pull one back and it is 2-1. Which means Barbados, despite winning the match,

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ain't going through, they haven't won by two clear goals.

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Now, there is a stupid rule in this particular tournament, that if a match is drawn,

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it goes to extra time, overtime as the Americans would call it, and then ends on the first goal,

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which counts double, which counts for two.

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So Barbados realise, hold on, we're 2-1 down, if we just score an own goal,

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equalise the score, we're gonna have half an hour of extra time in which we just need to score one goal

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to go through because of this stupid doubling rule.

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So they do. They tap it back and forth and then ... own goal, in their own net.

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2-2. And then, with just three minutes left, Grenada realise, hold on, they need to win by two goals!

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It doesn't matter whether the score is 3-2 or 2-3, we'll go through either way,

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as long as we score somewhere! So, with three minutes, Grenada are desperately trying to score

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either a goal or an own goal, because both will let them through. And they don't manage it.

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It goes to extra time, Barbados score the golden goal and Barbados go through.

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And the moral of the story is this: If you want to avoid ridiculous games of football,

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or any kind of game, if you're changing the rules, make sure you test them thoroughly first

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for what economists call "perverse incentives".

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And if you want a ridiculous game of football then I thoroughly recommend that.

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Just remember to wear contacts.

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That hurt(!)

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That ... believe it or not, is something from the world of sport -- which I don't think I've covered before --

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that you might not have known.

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