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Originally posted by Ref in PA
To me, the most forceful message would have been to continue 5-4 or stop the game depending on what on court players did during the fight. But then again, I'm just a ref, not a director.
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You say one team was unfairly penalized because their star was thrown out while nobody else was. So why 5v4? You are now hurting the very team you say got unfairly penalized by handing out an even harsher penalty than the state gave out. You toss their star and every reserve, and make them play against the other team's starters for 30 minutes while down a man. That result is pretty predictable. At least the state's decision allowed it to be a reasonable contest.
Stopping the game was the only other reasonable option. All fighters get ejected, if you are following letter of the law, which you advocate. However, you seem to lean toward continuing the game, but under the most bizarre of circumstances that you would have a harder time justifying than the state's decision to continue with one ejection. And you force a team to play 4 on 5 - if you would do that, then simply end the game.