God is independent of space and time. If you missed the game and don’t know the result, can you pray for your team to have already won?
Only if you have TiVo.
Wouldn’t that upset that whole space … time … continuum … thing?
Negative prayer is like any other kind of negative karma; bad juju and likely to bite the sender. At least that’s what they taught in the “holy classes” I took. But being the basically sinful humans that we are I think we all do it now and then.
You’d be wasting your time. As everyone knows, God plays cricket.
It’s permissible if you’re praying for the Saints! And it’s working… 11-0!!!
I guess the Saints get a pass.
Why?
Like televangelists. 
Say you pray for the Steelers each game.
You’ll make up your own reason on whatever the outcome. They go 19-0 and take the Bowl, you might think he’s got your back or he’s a Steeler fan too! Maybe he was being fair to them and the other teams they played, or if they go 1-15, you might think it’s your fault somehow and he smited your wish/prayer.
Isn’t that what that really is though? A wish? Yes, I think so. The prayer part is a front and why would an omnipotent really care? I’ve heard people say that God counts all the prayers so whoever has the most prayers wins the game! I think any god would tell you it ain’t about prayers, it’s about points. “You humans invented this weekly sacrilege on Sunday!”
News flash for Cowboy fans and personnel: God did not invent football, we did. It’s true that Jerry Jones owns the NFL and always uses real silver when minting the two-headed coins they use in Cowboy playoffs. (Sorry. Eagle fan, here) 
Just don’t ask me what I think about the players pointing to the clouds after a TD. :rolleyes: