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Dude. The "possession" rule is way more open to exploitation than the goal scoring. Youve never seen a team a player or two down in their own half take possession and call a dubious mechanical, so everyone goes back to their own half? Rather than take away the teams right to call a TO after scoring, allow refs to penalise calling needless TOs, whatever the situation. (I'd still like to see the end of the "possession" rule though..)
While we're discussing the TO rules, I'd also like to see some agreement on when refs should use their power to call TOs. Refs should be able to call for safety/discipline/disputes, etc, but a mechanical or other issue that doesnt otherwise affect the game isnt the refs problem.
Anyway. Shouldnt this be in the Rules thread?