That’s is the most lame and irrelevant part of the conversation. “ how much did it impact the game”?
It’s like pulling over a drunk driver who was driving “ ok” and their defense being “ I was driving decently and didn’t hurt anyone “. And then having all of the parties in court be discussing that aspect of it as opposed to the actual law which was broken. And- finding out that the driver drove drunk consistently , every Saturday night for 2 years.
Or, using a golf analogy:
On the PGA tour, it is against the rules to use handheld laser devices to measure yardages.
Caddies ARE allowed to pre walk the course with the range finder, measure any yardage between any point and the flag, and even take notes and use them in actual tournament play.
so we find out that Scotty Scheffler, who has been one of the hottest golfers over the last three years, was using the handheld laser device during the tournaments.
But instead of having conversations about the integrity issue, and clear rule, breaking, everybody’s talking about whether or not, it made a difference in his victories. ( this is the EVERYBODY DOES IT part)
Fricken stupid.