Date:         Tue, 25 Sep 2001 20:49:52 -0300
Reply-To:     Discussion of Topics for Soccer Referees <[log in to unmask]>
Sender:       Discussion of Topics for Soccer Referees <[log in to unmask]>
From:         James Keast <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: some late afternoon fun
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              from "Rick Troup" at Sep 25, 2001 05:29:21 PM
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Rick Troup wrote:
>
> Under 19 boys competitive league
> Player A on attacking team
> Player B on attacking team
>
> Player A takes a shot that has a chance to go into the top of the net
> Player B, in the area, attempts to head the ball into the net - is not
> in offside position
> Player B, missing the ball, somehow uses his hand to deflect the ball
> back out - away from the goal - frustration, stupidity, the uncluttered
> mind of a 19 year old hoping that no one would see this????? Who knows
>
> The referee, enforcing the laws of the game, sends player B off for
> intentionally denying a goal scoring opportunity

What Law is the Referee enforcing here? This is a misapplication of the
Letter and more importantly the Spirit of the Law.

>
> When I heard of this I took the position that player B should have been,
> at the worst, cautioned for unsporting behavior - logic would tell us
> that an attacker is not going to deliberately deny a goal for his own
> team - logic and common sense should have prevailed

There is no USB here either.

>
> Wonder if the referee awarded a p k, since the foul was in the area -
> probably not; but would have been a nice touch to an otherwise untenable
> situation
>
> The only way that this send off can be changed is for the referee to
> admit to a mis-application of the laws of the game; but is it a
> mis-application in the most literal sense - if not, the player sits this
> weekend, and has accumulated a minimum of 12 caution points for

Why would the player sit? This is an _error_ in fact and unless
the Referee mispresents his report the committee should set it
aside.   The Law _clearly_ says a player may be sent off for
denying the _opposing_ team an goal or OGSO.


> himself/his team; points are accumulated from the beginning of the fall
> season, and don't end until june 30th, 2002 (at 48 the coach gets to
> explain what's going on - at 60, the coach, the manager, and the entire
> team get to have a hearing to explain why the team should not be
> disbanded)

This is rediculous.

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