Re: 7 perfectly legal ways to cheat, you unspirited fuck

> PS Mike Gerics -- any way for Observers to cut down on that bullshit?
> I mean, other than noticing it and giving no quarter on other kinds of
> appeals? (Which is strictly verboten in observer guidance.)

Typically, observers can issue Team Misconduct penalties or Cards in
response to dispirited play like this.  Even if some of the things on
the list are theoretically "legal" according to the rules, it's all
about intent.  Spirit of the Game comes first, and anybody who pulls
that crap knows what they're doing violates the spirit of the rules.

One example came up in a game I worked this summer.  One guy was rather
flagrantly running into the player he was defending to stop him from
being able to put up a huck.  Offensive player would inevitably call a
foul, and he wouldn't contest.  (The story was that he typically
contested the fouls, which was one of the reasons our presence was
requested.)  The third time he did it, I warned his captain that if I
(or the other observer) spotted him doing it again, we'd issue a yellow
card.  Oddly enough, he didn't do it again.