Possible Clues:

• Consent to struggle, its outcome preordained?
• Not one against pilot? That's unequal competition!
• Century in midday match at Lord's? Winner's obvious
• Sounds like punishment for those drug-takers not going to Olympics? Give up!
• Plea that accepts conviction without admitting guilt
• Court plea, sometimes
• ... the result was a foregone conclusion
• Plea bargain component
• Competition between naysayers?
• Mismatch