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{{quote|''"Personal foul...Unnecessary Roughness... defense number 92! 15-yard penalty...[[American Football|automatic...First Down!]]"''}}

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* ''[[The Blind Side]]'': The defensive lineman of the [[Opposing Sports Team|Lions]] deliberately kicks Michael when he's down and after the play has already ended, and the referee not only ignores the kick, but penalizes the Wingate Crusaders after [[Papa Wolf|Coach Cotton complains]].

* In the opening game of ''[[Kicking And Screaming]],'' a player on the opposing team sticks his arm out in order to knock a defender down as he rushes past him.

* A guard drop-kicking a prisoner in order to tackle him in ''[[The Longest Yard]].'' (This is visible in the trailer.) In fact, the entire football game in ''The Longest Yard'' has lots of [[Unnecessary Roughness]] going on, on both sides. The opportunity for [[Unnecessary Roughness]] is really the only reason the prisoners agree to play the game in the first place.

* A guard drop-kicking a prisoner in order to tackle him in ''[[The Longest Yard]].'' (This is visible in the trailer.) In fact, the entire football game in ''The Longest Yard'' has lots of Unnecessary Roughness going on, on both sides. The opportunity for Unnecessary Roughness is really the only reason the prisoners agree to play the game in the first place.

** Though in this and the following examples case, the games are exhibition games between guards and prisoners - they may very well have decided to allow roughness for the sake of it.

{{quote|Samson: I think I broke his fuckin' neck!

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* The impromptu football match between the armies of [[Discworld|Ankh-Morpork]] and Klatch in ''[[Discworld/Jingo|Jingo]]'' is scored by fouls rather than goals.

** ''[[Discworld/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]'' suggests that this is how Ankh-Morpork street football is traditionally scored. The Big Match at the climax of the book also has an example; ''most'' of A-M United realises that playing UU fairly is both good for the game and not actually that difficult, but there's a handful of real psychos seeded in there, and they're careful only to act when the ref isn't looking (linesmen haven't been introduced yet).

*** The UU team are amateurs so the professional players of A-M United have every advantage. The smarter pros realize that and are also aware that the opposing team are actually ultra powerful wizards who will likely enact their own [[Unnecessary Roughness]] after the game. The Librarian alone is known for beating people to a bloody pulp for calling him a monkey (he is an orangutan).

*** The UU team are amateurs so the professional players of A-M United have every advantage. The smarter pros realize that and are also aware that the opposing team are actually ultra powerful wizards who will likely enact their own Unnecessary Roughness after the game. The Librarian alone is known for beating people to a bloody pulp for calling him a monkey (he is an orangutan).

== Live Action TV ==

* Most auto-racing depicted on TV features more contact between cars than a demolition derby. In reality even slight damage to a race car can result in such a huge performance loss that drivers usually avoid contact at all costs. Anyway, every major organized motorsports competition has strict rules against deliberate vehicle contact, and will disqualify, and even ban from competition, an offending driver who's being reckless.

** Odd-vehicle races on ''[[Top Gear]]'' have strict no-contact ~~rules -- which~~ are always forgotten before two laps.

** Odd-vehicle races on ''[[Top Gear]]'' have strict no-contact rules—which are always forgotten before two laps.

* In ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'', the episode "The Gang Gives Back" has Dennis, Dee, and Mac forced to do community service by coaching two YMCA youth basketball teams. They all teach their players to use ''copious'' amounts of this, including sticking open safety pins in their wristbands to stab the other team with. Unsurprisingly, the [[Big Game]] at the end is an all-out ''brawl''.

* In ''[[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]]'' (episode "Travelling All Stars") we see a baseball match where the professional team's players deliberately injure members of the Colorado Springs team and receive no penalty. (Naturally, Colorado Springs wins anyway.)

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== Professional Wrestling ==

* Where to begin? It's the business.

* [[Heel~~|Heels~~]] routinely get away with this kind of ~~behavior -- in~~ fact, it practically ''defines'' being a "heel."

* [[Heel]]s routinely get away with this kind of behavior—in fact, it practically ''defines'' being a "heel."

** "No DQ" matches are often used to let the "face" cut loose and [[Pay Evil Unto Evil]]. It used to be xclusively so, until bookers started using them to let the heel cheat openly and win.

* From [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock's own page]], there was his unprecedented 10 chair shots in a row to [[Mick Foley]].

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== Video Games ==

* In ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', the Luca Goers play this trope almost stereotypically in their effort to prove themselves as [[Jerkass~~|Jerkasses~~]].

* In ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', the Luca Goers play this trope almost stereotypically in their effort to prove themselves as [[Jerkass]]es.

** The Al-Bhed Psyches kidnap Yuna to attempt to blackmail the Besaid Aurochs into throwing their game and beat Wakka up so badly he collapses.

*** Which comes off as even more unnecessary, considering they're overpowered to hell and back.

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* We seem to have found a replacement for Bowen in the 2009 NBA playoffs: Rajon Rondo. To the extent that for a while, his nickname was Rajon Wound-o.

** During the 2009 Bulls-Celtics playoffs during game five, Rajon Rondo fishhooked Brad Miller's face as Miller went for a layup. Rondo's hand was three feet away from the ball, and all Rondo got was a personal foul. He should have drawn a flagrant one at least. Official review upheld the decision. (Because to do otherwise would be like going on national television and saying, "Bulls, we may have cost you guys the game.") Can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6JpEx_CqOc here].

** Or, how about game 6 of the same Bulls-Celtics ~~series--namely~~, Rondo grabbing Kirk Hinrich and ''throwing him into the scorer's table'' with the ball nowhere near. He gets off with a flagrant-1. And, of course, he had that aforementioned fishhook the previous game.

** Or, how about game 6 of the same Bulls-Celtics series—namely, Rondo grabbing Kirk Hinrich and ''throwing him into the scorer's table'' with the ball nowhere near. He gets off with a flagrant-1. And, of course, he had that aforementioned fishhook the previous game.

* Subverted in Sheffield United's game against Liverpool a few years back, Steven Gerrard dived over a tackle from a United defender, and was given a penalty, the Referee, refusing to admit he was wrong, claimed it was given for "intent".

* There's an image of Matt Millen sucker punching another player during the post game handshake.

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** The invincible juggernaut Soviet team almost backed out of playing them on their U.S. tour in 1976 after an especially vicious hit.

* On the verge of losing the 1972 Summit Series to the Soviets, the Canadians, who were made up of professional NHL players, simply resorted to dirty play, such as deliberately injuring the Soviets' best player Valery Kharlamov, in order to win the series. This is partially averted because in North America, very few people will admit Canada's dirty play helped contribute to their victory.

* On February 18 2004, Steve Moore of the Colorado Avalanche checked Vancouver Canucks captain Markus NÃ¤slund in the head, giving him a concussion when he hit the ice, and no penalty was called. Two games later, Canucks enforcer Todd Bertuzzi clubbed Moore from behind, knocking him to the ice. The Avalanche jumped on Bertuzzi, breaking three of Moore's cervical vertebrae and giving him a concussion when they all fell on him. Moore has not played since.

* On February 18, 2004, Steve Moore of the Colorado Avalanche checked Vancouver Canucks captain Markus NÃ¤slund in the head, giving him a concussion when he hit the ice, and no penalty was called. Two games later, Canucks enforcer Todd Bertuzzi clubbed Moore from behind, knocking him to the ice. The Avalanche jumped on Bertuzzi, breaking three of Moore's cervical vertebrae and giving him a concussion when they all fell on him. Moore has not played since.

* During the 1970 NFL season, the then-defending [[Super Bowl]] champion Kansas City Chiefs were playing [[The Rival|the Oakland Raiders]]. Late in that game with the Chiefs leading 17-14, quarterback Len Dawson scrambled for a first-down that would have enabled the Chiefs to run out the clock, gaining additional yardage after a cheap shot from Raider defensive end Ben Davidson. It didn't end there, however, as [[wikipedia:Otis Taylor (American football)#Ben Davidson incident|receiver Otis Taylor]] jumped in and retaliated, resulting in offsetting penalties. Kansas City had to punt, Oakland ultimately knocked a field-goal through to deadlock the game 17-all (no regular-season overtime until 1974). Taylor's antics came back to haunt the Chiefs, as with only four postseason slots in that time, that cost Kansas City a division title and left them as the odd team out in the AFC playoffs.

* While many soccer defenders are known for being aggressive, there's a case from the 1981 [[Copa Libertadores]] that deserves mention: In the second game of the finals, Mario Soto from Chilean side Cobreloa was able to make two Flamengo players leave the game bleeding (the rest of Cobreloa managed to injure two other players). In the third and last game, with four minutes left and victory already guaranteed to Flamengo, the team's coach Cláudio Coutinho decided to avenge the previous game and put benchwarmer Anselmo in the field, with the sole intention of hitting Soto (who promptly got punched in the head, leading to a fight that got both players expelled).