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Originally Posted by nparikh
I totally agree with you. Though it may seem like a great idea at first glance, it seems restricting marking someone with this 'letter'/'flag' or whatever you may.
Besides, why discourage teams from playing a good defense--yes, people make accidents; but in saying that they basically get one shot and then they're disqualified--that sounds a bit over the edge to me. People make accidents, and I don't think they shouldn't be penalized that much for such things.
Not to mention that I have qualms with such a subjective penalty system.
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It's ALWAYS a subjective penalty system! Referees are human, and therefore make subjective decisions. As it has always been, it is up to the referees' discretion as to what counts as a penalty and what doesn't.
The rules have always been there - 10 point penalties, warning, then disqualification. Referees have always handed out warnings to teams to prevent poor strategies. Until now only the team that received the warning, the referee that gave the warning, and the head ref were the only ones to know about them. All this new system is doing is making the warnings more visible to the crowd and the other referees.
This yellow card system is NOT making any new rules. If you haven't received warnings before for an action, you probably won't receive a yellow card now. This will only prevent teams from being warned multiple times without something being done to stop the aggressive behavior. Teams have always had 2 strikes, but it hasn't always been enforced due to lack of communication.
Once again, the rules aren't changing, only the enforcement (and visibility) of them is.
P.S. - Good defense has always been allowed. Agressive defense never has (though some teams get away with it when refs are looking the other way).
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