[jjeaff]

>During a later game—years later, when none of the original players play for either team anymore

But of course, life is not like discrete games all played by unrelated teams in a vacuum. Imagine if points were cumulative (you know, like wealth, social capital, culture) and those points were passed down after each game forever. Well then of course it would make sense for a much later team to have to stand while the team that was wronged gets a few free throws.

No one is saying we should take points away from the team that fouled and give them to the team that was wronged. Just give them a few free throws.

There is nothing about any plans I have seen that could qualify as "vengeance".

A free throw isn't vengeance.

I would encourage you to read up on the history of opposition to the civil rights movement in America and note how clearly many of your ideas echo that opposition.

The, "if we give them a chance, that might cause us the slightest tinge of possible harm, so we cannot give them that chance" has been the mantra since immediately after the emancipation proclamation and has been repeated ever since.