{"id":737798,"date":"2026-06-15T07:25:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T07:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/737798\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T07:25:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T07:25:41","slug":"letters-tie-games-not-part-of-a-high-level-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/737798\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters: Tie games not part of a high-level sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>In real high-level sport, playoff games continue until there\u2019s a winner. It\u2019s a test of the team and individual player\u2019s preparation, conditioning, training, stamina and endurance. No other high-level sport finishes a game without a winner. Playing for a draw is no better than kissing your sister.<\/p>\n<p>LES THOMPSON<\/p>\n<p>(Yet the World Cup is considered by many the No. 1 sporting event in the world.)<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edmontonsun.com\/opinion\/letters-mayor-council-out-of-touch-with-edmontonians\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Edmonton council chambers\u00a0at City Hall.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dsc_7787.ej_300990016.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Letters: Mayor, council out of touch with Edmontonians<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/edmontonsun.com\/opinion\/letters-carneys-pipeline-gambit-a-shell-game\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith shake hands in Calgary on Friday, May 15, 2026 before signing an agreement on oil pipeline approvals and carbon pricing.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/prime-minister-alberta-visit_303155830.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Letters: Carney&#8217;s pipeline gambit a shell game<\/p>\n<p> <\/a>NAVEL GAZING<\/p>\n<p>Is the only way to describe what\u2019s happening in Alberta politics today. Premier Smith\u2019s support is in the toilet with the separatists ready to flush her out. Canada\u2019s relationship with Trump\u2019s dysfunctional America will ultimately determine Alberta\u2019s future. No matter what happens here and what anyone believes. Carney\u2019s dealings with Trump for Canada are everything.<\/p>\n<p>DARYL COTE<\/p>\n<p>(The whole country is waiting on that.)<\/p>\n<p>IDIOTIC FORMULA<\/p>\n<p>The folks will never get it. Businesses have been closing for years here in Edmonton due to construction but that\u2019s not the main issue. Taxes are. City hall keeps using every tax rise as collateral for another loan which we then get to pay off with interest. Loan upon loan upon loan. You cannot attract business with an idiotic formula like this.<\/p>\n<p>Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Article content In real high-level sport, playoff games continue until there\u2019s a winner. It\u2019s a test of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":737799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-737798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/737799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}