Nick,
How can RJ know sickum about this...here you are much closer to the situation and he has the crust to suggest you would stoop to trickery or provoke an argument over this.
RJ does make a point in his post....but I would put my money on your position as I doubt RJ can be for real when he says what he does.
I suspect a level playing field to our European friends is defined as the field of play where they own the field, both teams, and the judges. When the USA adopts some of the same procedures they get a bit squeamish.
I would suggest to RJ he listen to you more closely....and he might be the wiser for it. Think you can help him out a bit?