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Message: [QUOTE="Bronxjeff, post: 2517549, member: 6058"] The game continues to evolve through the years to accommodate developing styles of play, mainly more athletic play. I think it’s interesting to note that of the original 13 rules of the game, number five was way tougher on minimizing contact than today: 5. No shouldering, holding, pushing, tripping, or striking in any way the person of an opponent shall be allowed; the first infringement of this rule by any player shall count as a foul, the second shall disqualify him until the next goal is made, or, if there was evident intent to injure the person, for the whole of the game, no substitute allowed. Two fouls in a row and you are playing four on five! I responded on another thread that I believe the UCF team kept their physical play within acceptable levels and actually gave us a pretty good game. It does seem that refs often favor the underdog, but you have to allow for human nature and our own perceptual bias. [/QUOTE]