Rules, changed by the ref, or correct interpretation?

[alicen]

just my two cents, but the design of the goal is a certain way..

in my opinion, if it passes the plane of the goal opening it is scored, and the counter is as far back by the human player as possible to give them PLENTY of time to get a hold of the ball and get it to the return.

imagine if the ball counter was at the very plane of the goal. a lot of the balls that you score would go all sorts of directions and make the human player's job tons harder.

i believe that the goal/scorer were designed with this in mind, but that the rules were written with the intention of passing the plane of the goal to be in.

of course, that's just my opinion.