Bulliac wrote:I don't actually think the rule itself is "too hard", to be fair, it's more that it's mixed with a number other aspects which control the balance between attack and defence. This balance is key, since if you allow really quick PTBs without compensating elsewhere you just help the attacking side too much and we'd end up with a game resembling basketball. So maybe, speed it up but insist they play the ball with the foot to keep the balance.
Sorry, that's what I meant. There needs to be a game-wide agreement on what is to be policed more stringently so that refs aren't making inconsistent interpretations. "The right balance" is easily upset and this part of the game is so pivotal to how it's played. We don't want to end up with endless dummy half scooting or with wrestlemania. I actually think that refs have allowed too much to go over the past 10-20 years and this approach has got us where we are.
