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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
...I think that any official would hesitate before calling anything "taunting" under those restrictions.
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The act of
fighting notwithstanding, my assignors have directed us to use great caution in applying the
"taunting" penalty incorrectly but to dish it out when the sitch warrants. Sometimes there is no question about the acts but more often than not there is a fine line that has not been crossed and I can apply circumstantial judgement to interpret what I saw as something less than the severe penalty for taunting.
I do not give a warning for any trash talk or self promoting acts and deliver the whack for USC as it occurs, but I rarely have had to call it
taunting.
Likewise, I take great care to not let the game get out of hand in an effort to avoid any boiling point eruptions that may have led to the original sitch described.