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Well I guess I was thinking that there's no need to really stick to the rules or worry about safety until there are a few nasty accidents and people start feeling that the game has become dangerous/out of control. Everyone needs to be (somewhat) in agreement/on the same page.
As annoying as it is to have people chicken wing/hack/overly hook in throw-ins, it's perhaps not really something that needs addressing beyond "stop being a dick". The rules help to keep the game/players in check when things start getting really competitive (and potentially really dangerous).
On one hand you have an "annoying" chicken wing that you'd like to see stopped as it's not within the rules (fair enough), on the other hand you have "reckless/dangerous" chicken winging at speed that results in a big crash, injured players, truly "unfair" polo, a ruined tournament, etc.