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Originally posted by Mark Padgett
Perhaps the solution would be to add a rule that makes it a violation (or technical after a warning) if a team presses after they get a certain lead. [/B]
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Only in lower levels. I can't see this going beyond grammar school level. There is a mercy rule for running clock in the 4th, but as the levels progress, the players should be allowed to play. Again, as has been said many a time, 'game management' becomes critical at this point.
It was mentioned to me by a college official this weekend, while working a HS V shootout, that one philosophy used on the college level is that 'a foul is committed, it doesn't just happen.' Even blowout games have to be looked at in the same sense. While it is OK (IMO) to call a borderline call in favor of the losing team, don't get carried away with the thought of bending the game back into a favorable balance, because you are then giving an advantage to the losing team. Call it as straight up as you can. It isn't our jobs to have pity on a team for not being good enough, because they won't have the same pity on us.