>Have to disagree, here. The thing that trips my trigger is the ref who
>decides to "let the game be decided on the ice" by swallowing his
>whistle. If its a penalty you would have called in period 1, then By
>God its STILL a penalty in overtime! Either don't call it in the first
>place, or continue calling it.
I agree with you, and all you're arguments are good ones. But they only
suggest that the refs shouldn't swallow their whistles. I wasn't
suggesting they should; I was suggesting equalizing is okay. This doesn't
involve calling fewer penalties, it involves calling more.
Carl Susman
Brown '96
Harvard Law '99
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