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Advantage Rule
The advantage rule is mentioned in § 8b of the playing rules.
The rule formerly stated - "the referee punishes infringements
of the rule except when the punishment would be the disadvantage
of the non- offending side". According to some referees this
means that the referee must always apply the advantage rule. This
was never the intention of the rule. The referee must always maintain
the right to punish every infringement, even if this is to the
disadvantage of the non-offending team.
To try to make it clear that the referee has the freedom to apply,
or not to apply, the advantage rule depending on the circumstances
of the game, the PRC has changed the advantage rule so that it
now reads - "The referee punishes infringements of the
rules. If it is not to the disadvantage of the non-offending team
the referee may choose not to punish an infringement".
In that way it is perfectly clear that the referee has always
the choice to apply or not to apply the advantage rule.
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