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I agree. Not to mention the fact that if teams aren’t allowed to protest, that only encourages coaches to work over the umpires even harder. A protest over a rule interpretation takes the coach’s heat off of the umpire.
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This. I’m going to speculate here: I think one reason many tournaments have removed protests is because the wrong things were being protested. As has been said, a protest is over a rule interpretation ... not that the coach didn’t like the call. This actually may have been done with best intentions (we are going to trust the umpires’ judgment and not even allow coaches to approach us with that protest), but had other consequences.
Reality: tournaments have removed them for the sake of time and logistics. An actual protest means the game continues (no waiting), but could have to be replayed from the protested point. No time to do that in a weekend tournament. An expedient protest would hold the game up while the correct interpretation is verified. It shouldn’t, but it will still hold the game up and set things behind.