OPTION 1:

We all know bad calls happen.  It sucks, it sucks as a fan seeing your team take them, it sucks as a player being given one.  It can completely change the momentum of a game.  It sucks.

The penalty I want to see is the payback penalty.

This is a very special penalty awarded after a game has been played.  An auditor will go through each called penalty in a game, see if the call was correct or if it was a bad call.  Than apply the total bad call penalty minutes applied to team A vs the total bad call penalty minutes applied to team B.  The difference between the two will be assigned the following game at some point by the team affected by the new game penalty.

So if Team A is assessed 6 mins in bad calls, and Team B is assessed 0 mins in bad calls.  The next time these two teams meet up Team B will have 6 mins of PK time they need to assign during the game.

Now here is where the strategy part comes in.  Team B could assign the 6 mins at any point during the game.  They could take it when they have a penalty.  They could take it at the start of the game and hope to get through a rough beginning.  They could even take it at the end of the game if they have it locked up.  It would be up to Team B to decide and when.

I love this because it would take the sting of bad penalties away, and it could add a new wrinkle in strategy to a game we already love.

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