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Wednesday, February 01, 2012

FIFA wants "blatant" removed from handball definition


Law 12 - FIFA says it wants the word "blatantly" removed from this definition of the handball offence.I have to say I see their point. What does it add to "deliberately"??


Disciplinary sanctions
There are circumstances when a caution for unsporting behaviour is required
when a player deliberately handles the ball, e.g. when a player:
• deliberately and blatantly handles the ball to prevent an opponent gaining
possession
• attempts to score a goal by deliberately handling the ball
A player is sent off, however, if he prevents a goal or an obvious goalscoring
opportunity by deliberately handling the ball. This punishment arises not from
the act of the player deliberately handling the ball but from the unacceptable
and unfair intervention that prevented a goal being scored.

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