Imagine if Ángel Di María didn’t accept the penalty kick offered to Argentina in the World Cup Final on Sunday, just because he felt bad about extending his right leg at the edge of the box to draw contact. Or imagine if CU football coaches pointed out to the referees in 1990 that they were wrong: It was fifth down, not fourth.
Those examples — one international, one local — are admittedly hyperbolic. There championships stakes. Cale Makar probably wouldn’t have done what he did Monday night if it was the Stanley Cup Final. Still, that doesn’t take away from how unusual the moment was.