i also had two officials explain their calls "well at this level". let's come up with a communication system to make it the same all year. if tape, braces, stalling, cautions, take downs, out of bounds are going to be called different at state, we should all be told ahead of time. not the morning of, weeks/ months. personally i feel the rules are rules and should be enforced at every tournament, 6u/ novice/ subs/ district/ state. judgement calls are judgement call, the calls above are not, and should be enforced consistently state wide.
just my two cents/ i know it's only worth half that.
