And that logic makes sense because even those two cases are actually covered in the 5 reasons (Extreme darkness and possibly unplayable field or inability to have an orderly game) that are stated in the BSO. But was it dark or were there thunderstorms in Ulm yesterday before that decision was made? Im sorry but I just dont get the reasoning behind shortening the second half to 6 mins. The only thing said so far that makes any kind of sense as to why that happened is what Ruudster said -- avoidance of the ever-popular league penalty/fineMioelnir hat geschrieben:The textbook case for shortening the quarter lengths is to finish the game because of befalling darkness / thunderstorms etc. This can be done before or during a game for the remaining quarters by the Referee and is covered in the rulebook, not the BSO. (3-2-2 and 3-2-2a, page 58, 2009 rulebook)
The logic behind it is that - as far as I know - with 4 quarters played, even at reduced lengths, the game is counted. If the game has to be aborted, even with as little as 1 minute left on the clock, it has to be repeated.
Please correct me if someone has better info.

But if the players didnt have the will to keep fighting or if the team didnt have the numbers to keep playing, then that sounds an awful lot like a forfeit to me. This sets the potential for a very dangerous precedence where a team that might not want to be beaten badly goes to the white cap and requests a shortened game due to whatever reason sounds good so that they avoid the forfeit and any fines by the league. Because once you let one team do it for whatever reason, you have to start letting others teams have that option (it will now be known as the "Ulm Clause" haha) as well! And I really dont think we want to open that can of worms...do we?
If any of you are in the forum reading, I think the Schiedsrichterausschuss seriously needs to review this type of situation and make it known to all Schiedsrichter what can and cannot serve as a basis for shortening a game in AFV Ba-Wue. And then get those rules to all teams so that everyone knows the deal.