It is remarkable how much more effective a new year's resolution to lose weight is if you make it public and agree to a forfeit if you fail.

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Perhaps even resulting in a forfeit had they stopped scoring.

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After Cleveland Heights High took the case to court, the judge in the case at first ruled that a forfeit is a forfeit, so the teams that were in, were out, and those out, were in.

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