In the absence of indisputable evidence, the theologian too must ultimately make up his mind about an issue according to what he believes. (religion-online.org)
The line of thinking is something like this: (1) contact between players in the box is not automatically a penalty — there has to be sufficient contact in the opinion of the referee — here the contact was trivial; (2) in the absence of indisputable proof of a blatant foul, a referee must take the situation into account; (3) anything short of certainty about a blatant foul should not be a penalty, particularly in the last seconds of a game. (sbnation.com)
The report, in other words, is «scientific - sounding,» rather than clearly settled and based on indisputable fact. (foxnews.com)