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Re: How does descoring work?

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Originally Posted by skrew-ball View Post
ok, my team is here discussing this. would the risk of a penalty at end game be worth it? a 10 point penalty and a 12 or 24 point denial. The height penalty is also done by the break of the height plane, not the time out of it. So you could extend out, knock off the 2 balls and drive around in the opposing lane, preventing any future occurance. -10 on you, -?? on them minimum of -12 on them. Thus giving you a minimum of a 2 point advantage, increasing in 12 point increments.

Also, couldn't you score more than 10 points to offset the penalty?
There was some discussion about this idea last year... if it was worth it to interfere in the opponent's home zone, take a couple penalties, but keep the opponent from lifting. The general consensus was that intentionally taking penalties would be a yellow-cardable offense. I don't necessarily agree with this (I like the idea of fouling to stop the clock in basketball, or taking a delay-of-game in football to give your punter more room to kick), but that seems to be the prevailing opinion. However, this year there is only one instance of a yellow card being mentioned in the manual, and no explanation of how the card system works, so it's hard to say if there will actually be yellow cards. Maybe intentional penalties will be acceptable this year?
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