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Re: How on Earth are spectators meant to easily discern who wins?

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Originally Posted by dlavery
I love it when there is someone that obviously "gets it". People, please read Andy's words again. He has homed in on the right interpretation of the penalties. There are there for a reason. They are behavior modifiers that are intended to have an effect. If a team is modifying their style of play based on a concern about accumulating too many penalties, then the simple existence of the penalties is fulfilling the intended purpose.
Undoubtedly, teams everywhere will learn from the first day's events and make adjustments so that tomorrow and in future events, they are less likely to incur penalties.

I understand that things get better with time, but not all teams have the benefit of attending several events so they may have the opportunity to learn and improve. Furthermore, it seems to me that a spectator off the street isn't going to stick around watching things evolve for the next five weeks. They're not going to see teams learn to be better at avoiding penalties because, for the most part, they don't understand why the penalties were assessed in the first place and did not see anything obviously out of the ordinary during the match.

Again, I see how the penalties can be successfully used to influence behavior on the field -- but I wonder if there are better methods of play balancing that are more spectator friendly.
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