One team "too rough"

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Originally posted by Mark Padgett
Last night, the score after the first quarter was 20-5. The coach of the trailing team comes up to me and my partner and says that although it's obvious that his team is nowhere as good as the other, it's because the other team is much bigger and stronger. At that point it was all I could do to keep from saying "Ya' think???".

He then says that the other team is using it's size and strength to play too rough and his boys are getting hurt.

If you call a tight game, it favors the team that is less physical. If you call a loose game, it favors a team that is more physical. The spirit of the rules says that no team should be given a unfair advantage. The question is what constitutes an unfair advantage?

One team being bigger or stronger is a fair advantage that comes from genetics, nutrition and workouts. One team being rougher than the other may be an unfair advantage. When you see a disparity like this, make sure you're not letting the more physical team get away with fouls that look like they would be no-calls against a stronger team.

When a big guy displaces a small guy, it's a foul, even if this amount of contact would not have displaced a bigger player. And when the little guy smacks the big guy across the arm, ir's a foul, even if the big guy treats the little guy like a mosquito. Call what you see, not just what you're used to seeing.