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Originally Posted by Cory
Speaking as a former referee (2005) intent is incredibly hard to judge in the heat of the moment. You can't assume anything about intent, only what your eyes have seen on the field.
You either have to call every infraction, no matter how small, or figure out how to keep teams from continuing to receive penalties, be it a rule change, or simply more practice for teams, etc.
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It sounds like the head referees at this weekends events need to meet with the GDC and decide if a change is needed, and if so, be sure it doesn't make the problem worse. I hated the way penalties decided matches in 2005, and I do not want that to rule the game this year. BUT, We all knew the rules before this weekend started, a new rule may be tough on some teams that are already avoiding this penalty.