Quote Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier View Post
How on earth could Taylor give the Jota penalty?
This is what puzzles me, just what goes through a referee's head when they are making these ludicrous decisions ? You'd think the question for the ref would be, was there enough contact to cause the attacker to end up on the floor, if there wasn't, and it was the attacker who chose to fall down, then play on, no penalty. But it doesn't happen like that, the process seems to be, 'Was there contact, even if only minimal' ? Possibly. 'Did the player end up on the deck, even though he could have stayed on his feet had he wanted to' ? Yes. Therefore Penalty.

The saddest aspect for me is that the referees are condoning the cheating, and thus encouraging the players to cheat. And while the officials are on the side of the cheats, the game is fecked.