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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
In what way?
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Not to speak for Bob, but Rule 5.8.3 deals with granting a TO to a player/head coach's oral or visual request and then goes on to specify when it can be granted... thus
5-8-3E is an example of what happens when a TO is REQUESTED per above but at a time when it should not be allowed. It does not address an Official calling a TO that a player/head coach did not request.
Therefore I can not believe it would be the intent of the rule to penalize a team on TO's if he honestly did not call one.