I played a Chaos team once that had a PO Mino and made it clear up front that if that Mino went down on a PO attempt that I would quit playing BB and start playing the foul game, I would surround that Mino and foul him every turn for the rest of the game.

That worked. He didn't PO until the last turn of the game. Other than that, don't see much of a defense against it other than don't get blocked by that player.

He He ; he should have used it to his advantage. If he was receiving, should have piled on first turn and see what you would do, if you surrounded the minotaur and fouled him, then it would have left you wide open for the rest of the team to set themselves up deep in your half in a virtually inpenetrable position. Without dirty player then the threat of a foul is hardly any deterent, its likely you'd be sent off before making any telling blow on the Mino.

That tactic only worked on that player because he loved that mino and worked more to cause casualties than score TD's. Against anybody else, they would have done exactly what you described.

As I'm using an Elf team I can't jump on the bandwagon and I'm not sure what the best counter-strategy or PO deterrent is yet. Dirty Player used to be the best deterrent, if a PO player went down you jumped on his head.

When I play against POers, I try to let him use it only on a blitz. THen, when that guys is down, I foul on the very next turn. It's a learning process: you want to use it, you'll get fouled. And overall, I'd say that my retaliations usually hurt as much as the initial blow. So, all this to say that I don't mind!