Running Up The Score

Newsday reports a New York State Varsity High School Coach has been suspended for "running up the score", ending a game with a 61-13 victory:

"The rule mandates that the coach of a team that wins by more than 42 points must submit in writing the lengths to which they went to avoid running up the score. If the committee determines the coach acted appropriately, there is no suspension.
Shaver, who has a 149-70-1 record in 23 years at Plainedge, said he was not running up the score and doesn't agree with the committee's interpretation of the rule.
"They thought it was a mismanaged game, which my opinion is, that isn't the rule," Shaver said. "It should be: You ran up the score on purpose. That's what the intent of the rule is for."

     Perhaps a similar rule should be imposed in Alabama elections. When one party has managed to win every statewide race and therefore owns the entire appeals court system, both houses of the legislature and all of the constitutional offices, do members of the minority party just lose their input, other than by going to court, till the next election? Just asking.