One thing I don't get about ES21: In the first 17 volumes, we've seen one penalty: showing Habashira thrown out of a game for assaulting a referree (in a videotape of last season's action).
Surely, at some point, we'd see someone ready to call unnecessary-roughness on the Juvenile Delinquent Murder Method, or Buffalo Urashajima (sp?)'s pummeling of everyone who moved.
It's almost the ES21 version of how Oda won't kill anyone in the present day. Seemingly, they'd rather write that teams go down to defeat on play alone, rather than legalisms, but you'd expect a proper enforcement of the rules would be an effective way to neuter characters who have made their way on being over-the-edge.
Well when you've got Hiruma, Rui and that cheater from Dokupari running amuck, you sort of wonder who the legal officials are in this league. (not sure if Gaoh is that bad too…but he at least plays by the rules and doesn't use full power unless he sees the challenge)