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[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
The rules must be applied consistently throughout the game.

This is exactly right. Exactly right. Without consistency, then rules are not rules. Without rules, then we have anarchy, not an organized sporting event. If it were intended that the rule be applied differently in different situations, than we would need a different rule to explain how to apply the original rule in those different situations. The rules are unambiguous, and although there is a certain unavoidable level of subjectivity in interpreting the situations in which those rules are applied, this subjectivity must be minimized and the rules must be applied as closely to the unambiguous meaning of the written rule for the rule to make sense and for fairness to permeate the sporting event.