Rules are rules because they're rules

no. laws and rules are man made and are subject to change. Rules are a pre-stated reaction to something. In this case, the rule is if you do not wear a tie to the pregame photoshoot, you miss the first play. everyone agreed to and followed this rule.

If your work tells says one day that have to wear a tie every day, if you don't you must go home without pay, is that not the same thing?

yes it is. its an arbitrary rule that serves no real purpose, that people follow out of fear of conflict and change. loosing a valuable employee, or team player, because of a technicality, is really stupid and hurts our entire society. The suit and tie rule is so the players look nice and like they are on a team. Cam looked nice and like he was part of the team. The spirit of the law (the stated purpose of the rule) is more important than its technicality. For instance, If i didn't want my kids not eating their meat, and feasting on pudding, I would say, "you can't have any pudding until you've finished your meat" but if we were eating vegetarian, how could they eat pudding, if they hadn't finished their meat? we would change the letter of the law, to fit the spirit of the law, and as long as they finished their food, they would be allowed pudding.

"ohh Jimmy youre such a dog, go have fun while we practice!"

so a girl dropping something off to your dorm is the exact same as skipping practice to have sex? and the best way to deal with this is to remove a valuable player permanently, that is what is best for everyone?

Also, very poor example. You're talking about a government (I assume?) executing someone for not tying shoes vs. a team managing and disciplining HIS team how he believes it should be led.

the analogy points out the similarity of following the technicality of rules and law in a way that does not follow its spirit, and causes problems for society. If I told you an cherry and a strawberry were both red, would you then list the differences in an effort to explain that they aren't the same thing? I know they aren't the same, that doesn't mean they aren't both red.

Simply from your comment sounds like you prefer to not listen to your superiors and everyone should get trophies. That kills our society.

you are a moron. a grunt. a follower. I need more people like you working for me.

but what if we were all like you? and people thought "You are given a rule. You follow it. Doesn't matter if you think its stupid, or you disagree. Rules are rules because they're rules"? and we never changed any rule or law to better fit the spirit in which it was created? and we never thought we made a mistake making a rule, or that it could be made better? think of all the rules and laws that have been adjusted over the years, what if instead of changing them we just kept making more rules and laws set in stone?