I'm ok that you saw it different. We make a judgment on what we see and interpret...your interpretation is a little different to mine. I'm not going to die in a ditch if you deem the attacker was denied 2/3 extra steps for his goal kick and that's enough lost advantageous ground to upgrade to a PT and YC. I'm just not on that journey with you.
Up to you if you see it that way. I'm applying the challenge in the air protocols for foul play as the basis for my decision of PK vs YC.
I'm personally not putting that one into the category of YC "deliberate/cynical". If you choose to, I would imagine that will be a pretty tough sell and you'd lose credibility for your empathy.
If you saw that exact same scenario at the half-way mark would you still give him his marching orders? If you did I would propose that would be seen as extremely harsh and a very soft YC.
Under the challenge in the air protocols the outcome certainly has a bias on the sanction level. You may not like it but that's what it is. And I would say it has had impact on changing behaviour.
I don't think there has been 'deliberate denial' at all - it's just that others haven't interpreted the "benefit' to the same level as you would think it should apply. Foul play is a sliding scale and there's shades of grey - though you seem to want it black and white (ie yes and no).
Is that the same as being sightly pregnant?
It's illegal or not, it's binary, therefore allow the non-offending team the full benefit of the law.
Considering the same event at halfway changes the scenario as we all shuffle our decision matrix for position on the field of play. There is no immediate threat of a try and therefore the defender's actions would likely be completely different as would our assessment of those actions. Although again I would like to outlaw lateral jumps as this places the player on the ground at significant risk and leaves them unable to defend effectively, that is not in the spirit of the game: "
This balance of contestability and continuity applies to both set piece and open play."
We see many "red-zone" offences with extended advantage being played, often with numerous other penalty offences occurring, eg chop tackles or offside line broached, and the attacking team get the option for a number of marks to play from. If we consider the secondary offences, especially the offside, sometimes with attempted intercept that gets called for deliberate knock on, they are most likely to have prevented a try, they are deliberate and cynical and should therefore be PT and YC but we just don't see it.
If the jeopardy exists and sanctions consistently applied, actions will change.