Substitute or suffer penalties?

[jasmunich]

Nevadaref,
You have presented several excellent ways to apply the rules fairly and how to set the stage so as to prevent misunderstandings in the first place. Your approach makes a lot of sense.

As for the referee in question, we can only hope he never becomes a waiter in a spaghetti parlor:
Customer with menu in hand: "I'm thinking of having linguini...actually, I need more time...just bring the drinks and we'll decide later."
Waiter: "Lady, you said you wanted linguini!! Now are you going have linguini, or do I have to call the police?!!!"

Anyway, Nevadaref, it sounds as if there is a market niche out there for a good book entitled "Effective Game Management". Have you ever thought of becoming an author?