Millennium Series Division 1 Captains

[shamu]

Originally posted by Chicago
I disagree with this entirely: The players actions are the same. They are hit and they are not leaving the field of play. And the penalty should be the same.

If an official is running at a player to pull them, and THEN the player runs down the field to avoid the official, then you need a more severe penalty - but the infraction there isn't the playing on, the infraction is avoiding the official. That should be a separate, severe penalty.

That's what I was getting at in differentiating between standard and flagrant penalties. Call it an ***hole tax if you like, it amounts to the same thing. Initial penalty plus additional penalty for being a dick after the initial penalty.

My point is that basic penalty sometimes isn't enough. Additional penalties are sometimes needed to address the infraction. The way the rules are currently written don't always take this into account.

I'm definitely in favor of making the 1-4-1 apply to any hit, anwhere on the player.

 

[Missy Q]

Call it an ***hole tax

I dunno - sounds expensive....