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I agree. It's the right thing to do. A good ref does that.
I used to ref mens league basketball games and thats how I operated. If I saw a player early in the game get a little out of hand with the elbows, hand checking, pushing, etc I gave them a warning. If they kept doing it I called a foul.
Right, similar to Julian Edelman in the Divisional Playoff game vs Houston in 2016. The ref came over to him to warn him he was getting 'close' to be called for offensive PI on a few occasions. I thought that was a good move, being like 'look you're playing on the edge, knock it off'.