Consider tug of war from physical point of view.
We have physical system "two teams-rope".
Let first team can pull the rope with 240N maximum force and second team can pull the rope with 280N force.
If two teams pull the rope with 240N force then we have static state of physical system "two teams-rope".
My questions are:
How to break static state of physical system "two teams-rope"?
What will happen if the second team will pull the rope with 250N force in static state?