Why do they call a no-win situation a Catch 22?
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From the book by Joe Heller of the same name, a catch 22 is a self defeating act. In the book the phrase was used to circumvent avoiding war. Only an insane person can be excused, but an insane person wouldn't have the faculties to ask, so therefore you must be sane.
11347
win:win situation\nEvery team will get paid.
719048
Wierd rule, but as someone who scores games, I understand it.\n\nThe catcher gets credit for a putout on a strikeout. If the catcher doesn't actually catch the ball, there can't really be a putout. The catcher than has to throw the batter out at first base and the person covering first gets the putout. The catcher gets an assist.
780405
one and two are tied..seemed the game tried to start itself earlier than normal....all def score instantly because technically it's a shut out because the score is 0-0, and they lose points as the offense scores....how it always works...you only noticed it cause it started earlier than normal...\n-nny
709149
It is supposed to be a team game.  There is no "I" in team.  How can you say one person is responsible for a team always losing.  Maybe your attitude needs an adjustment.
769769
It doesn't "mean" anything.  It's part of the QB cadence.  The offense starts the play on a certain count, say 3, after the QB yells hut 3 times.  That's a crude explanation, but it's accurate.  It ensures the offense moves at the same time.  If the offense moves at different times it will get false start penalties on every single play.
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"Catch 22" is the title of a novel published in 1961, written by Joseph Heller and based on his experiences as a World War II bomber pilot in Europe. The central character in "Catch 22" is the pilot Yossarian, whose all-too-accurate perception of the futility and insanity of war leads him to seek a psychiatric exemption from flying further combat missions. But Yossarian runs smack into what Heller dubbed "Catch 22" ("catch" in this sense meaning "snag"). As Heller put it, "There was only one catch, and that was Catch-22.... If he flew them [more missions] he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to."\n\nIn inventing "Catch 22," Joseph Heller had really only given a name to a particularly modern sort of bureaucratic conundrum, defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "a set of circumstances in which one requirement, etc., is dependent upon another, which is in turn dependent upon the first." More mundane examples of "Catch 22" would be needing a driver's license to get to Motor Vehicles to take your driving test, or my personal favorite, needing to be rich to avoid paying income tax.
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To get points. To 'win'. Although I'm not sure exactly what it is they think they're winning.
880953
The Lions have a culture of losing.\n\nNo one in the organization, from the owners on down to the players, acts like they expect to win anything...they don't conduct themselves as winners, and that carries over to the field. \n\nFront office incompetence doesn't help matters any.
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Yes this is really a no win for us. What do we hope to gain from the war we are in. A wise man once said that "War must be avoided in all circumstances". If I get best answer you will know who said that.
315777
When you absolutely cannot give up a run.  Simple as that.  Such a situation would be like a one run lead with one out and a man on third.  You don't want that runner to score or else it's a tie game.  On the other hand, if you were up by two, you might give up that run to get the out.
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In a tough game anything can happen.  If you knew who would win it wouldn't be no fun.\n\nCoach
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Net operating losses are created when a company is losing money. Instead of the government paying them (ie a reverse tax) the company accumulates NOLs. These NOLs can then be used further down the road, when the company is eventually profitable, as a tax shield. For example, if a company has accumulated $100 million of NOLs, they can choose to use those NOLs to not pay taxes on $100 million of pre-tax income. Large amounts of NOLs can also make a non-profitable business look more attractive as an acquisition target because a company's NOL's are attached to the assets inwhich they were originally accumulated.
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Technically, if they call the game over then it must remain over. You can reverse a call but not once the game has ended. Imagine going back to the Hurricanes and OSU championship and reversing the interference call, thats not legal now. In the words of Yogi Berra, "It aint over, til its over"....So when its over its over. Its like digging up a dead person. You cant bring them back to life. Those umps suck !
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That's a huge problem on a lot of teams.  Just make sure YOU stay positive and let them know that an error in the 1st shouldn't matter in the 2nd...forget about it and keep playing hard.  If you do reference the error, say something positive like, "I know you'll make that throw next time" instead of "c'mon, that was an easy play you screwed up."  If YOU stay positive no matter what, THAT will have a rippling affect as well.  ;)  Best of luck to you.
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its not your fault. sometimes theres no reasons why - they do it caus they can. dont wonder about why - just go on and do yo thing: you can beat them for ever and ever
850427
There are leagues that are just pick-em win or lose and not against the spread. They are compared to those.