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Old Tue May 27, 2014, 01:34pm
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by chapmaja View Post
I meant there is no penalty as in 3-7-1 PENALTY (Art 1.) My policy is in line with the rulebook and what it says, but that is not a penalty per se (as in the above), it is simply following the rule, which says it shall be denied.
Be careful advertising things like "my policy". That only implies that you're acting on your own agenda with no basis in the rules. It goes without saying that you should be in line with the rules; there is no need for a "policy" there.

As for a penalty, there shouldn't have to be one. You deny a request, and that's it. If the coach wants to go against your wishes, warn, restrict, and then eject, as an umpire would for almost anything else when a player or coach refuses to abide by his/her direction. It's really quite simple.
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