Forum:BIG ONE WARRIOR Effect

Hello, I was wondering about BIG ONE WARRIOR's effect:- "During your Main Phase, you can send 1 Level 1 monster, except this card, from your hand to the Graveyard to Special Summon this card from your hand." In particular, this line:- "except this card"

In a duel I discarded 1 BIG ONE WARRIOR from my hand in order to special summon a different BIG ONE WARRIOR from my hand. My opponent said I could not do that because of the card's effect, "except this card". I reasoned that I was not discarding the card in question I wished to summon, but a different card with the same name. We asked a judge and the judge said I could not do that because the card I discarded has the same name as the card I wished to play on the field. This doesn't make sense. I can understand not being able to sacrifice "this card" because then there really wouldn't be a cost. However, by sacrificing another BIG ONE WARRIOR I am losing one monster and one card from my hand, which does play out as a cost. Any light shone on this would be much appreciated.