How would this hypothetical be sorted out?

[Jimmie24]

There was a case play in years past that showed a hard foul and a retalliation punch equaled a fight by both players.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Don't have my book, but I thought there was a case play for this that basically said a borderline act that actually leads to a fight should be considered fighting as well.

Originally Posted by Jimmie24

There was a case play in years past that showed a hard foul and a retalliation punch equaled a fight by both players.

I remember this as well. A borderline act would need to be clearly defined though. A hard foul (excessive contact) does that. It does lead to an unequal penalty, though.

Oddly enough, I was assigned a regional final for last night and I had an excessive contact foul (b1 against A1) where the contact did gather some attention by other A players.