The movie is about a number of things. There are numerous storylines. Whether Dottie dropped it on purpose or not doesn't suddenly change what the whole movie is about. That you think that play had to end with Dottie dropping it on purpose is laughable.

Baseball is a fundamental part of the movie as well. And the baseball scenes and depiction were fantastic and, like any movie featuring athletic competition, an uncertain outcome is ideal for suspense and realism.

So again, psychological motives and subjective observations of looks the coach and Dottie gave one another to support their position. People WANT to believe she dropped it on purpose based on inferences and emotional interpretations is what I see. The context and substance don't show that at all.

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Posted by NATidefan

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Posted on 10/17/14 at 1:16 pm to ChewyDante

I think she dropped it on purpose cause she had money on the game. Charlie hustle ain't got nothing on Double-down Dottie.

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Posted by Freauxzen

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Posted on 10/17/14 at 1:23 pm to ChewyDante

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So again, psychological motives and subjective observations of looks the coach and Dottie gave one another to support their position.

It has nothing to do with psychology or subjective observation and everything to do with storytelling the narrative, which only support one outcome.

Because...

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People WANT to believe she dropped it on purpose based on inferences and emotional interpretations is what I see.

People want to believe that everyone loves sports. That everyone puts winning above everything else. That every game MUST, beyond all reasonable doubt, REQUIRE that everyone gives 100%, 100% of the time. And that any failure to be 100% motivated for the sake of victory means that the entire "game," figurative and literal, is meaningless.

Kit Truthers see no other outcomes except for one based on a 100% FOR THE WIN scenario. To them, winning and trying to win shape their entire experience of the movie, which is funny because that's precisely what the movie is about, that choosing to "let go," (unknown's point) is more important for the Hero of the movie. They literally cannot see past a scenario where someone doesn't want to win. Because then the movie loses all meaning.

Dottie must want to win. She must try to the very end. Life is meaningless without trying to win.

But that's just it, Dottie made a choice that winning wasn't everything to her. That it was more important to someone she loved dearly. She didn't choose to lose, she chose to "not win," and there's a big difference.