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An unwritten rule in all sports rulebooks that states that a referee cannot call a penalty on a team no matter how ridiculous their actions are if there is not a rule in the rulebook that makes it illegal. Stems from the movie Air Bud in which a referee allows Buddy the Dog to play because there is no rule that says that dogs can't play basketball.
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