Game Manual - Team UPDATE 2014-04-15

[Basel A]

Originally Posted by bduddy

I don't believe the GDC will use this option unless a game turns out like the one that inspired this rule, Logo-Motion, where the point rewards at a high level became totally out of whack. Yeah, maybe they could have rewarded catching a little more, but the points are basically fine as is and I think it's a good idea for the GDC to not change them unless necessary.

Just like Breakaway inspired the end of elimination ties (unless every subscore is the same, extremely rare), even though ties in the games since have been mostly non-existent. It's unlikely to have an effect, but on the off-chance that a game has the need, the contingency is there.