09-07-2020, 04:52 PM
Safety of officials is #1 in every rule book. Once you let something like this slide as an unintentional accident, you will have 'accidentally/on purpose' events in the future and people will have to gather to ascertain if there was motive or not live in real time. You can't have that. The rule has to be 100% solid.
He intentionally hit the ball recklessly and the ball hit a judge - case closed.
He intentionally hit the ball recklessly and the ball hit a judge - case closed.