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Originally posted by ref18
The main reason that we don't enforce the rule is that there is no penalty for violating it. If they want it enforced, they talk to game management or the site convenor, and they'll deal with it. The only league specific rule that we call is the drop back rule when a team leads by 20+ points.
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What do you do if they fail to drop back? Do you hold up play until they comply? If they still refuse, what then? Do you just say, "Oh well, let game management deal with it" and continue play?
I can't believe that an offical doesn't have recourse if a coach (or player for that matter) refuses to abide by a directive from an offical to comply with a league rule. Sure, game management (if it even exists as anything other than teenagers at this level) would have to record and report the results, and the league would have to take more long term action toward the coach, but you can't convince me that the officials can't do anything because there is no explicit penalty.
By the way, when I used to coach in a league with those kinds of rules, the officials did enforce them, and those violations weren't a problem after the first couple of games. We howlers can learn when hit over the head enough times.