Could you revive in 2017 when this rule was written? I don't actually remember.
I do not like revives because of 2 reasons:
1. I hate reviving when a melee has begun. If a reff has trouble finding the revives fast enough then you can have people revived behind you which makes the situation worse and then you give both regiments something to complain about
2. As soon as you ask for revives you immediately forfeit your right to reset the round. So I would prefer to just have the 2 options than the 3rd.
I've seen it many of times since revive's have been added, the effected regiment can sometimes find it confusing and expect to have revives, then when they lose anyway ask for a reset because "it caused chaos we had to revive multiple players".