Date:         Wed, 4 Aug 2004 12:43:10 -0700
Reply-To:     Terry Broderick <[log in to unmask]>
Sender:       Discussion of Topics for Soccer Referees <[log in to unmask]>
From:         Terry Broderick <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: IFK Offense (NISOA)
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If I assume that the "illegal" part of the charge is that the ball is not
within playing distance, this fits the description of an IFK awarded for a
fair charge away from the ball, as was part of the LOTG prior to the
rewrite.  I suspect this got into the list of NCAA Indirect Free Kick
violations as a carry over from the older version of the LOTG.  That
interpretation is in effect, since, as we know from an Orwellian
instruction about the rewrite, anything not retained in the rewrite is
still in effect, unless the rewrite removed it.  Still in either
venue  FIFA LOTG v NCAA, a fair charge away from the ball is seldom if ever
called.

If you want to see a place in the NCAA Rules, where a DFK violation under
FIFA LOTG morphs into a IFK under NCAA,  look at Rule 15.2  A.R. 200, when
taking a throw-in, the ball is thrown in a violent or unsporting manner at
the body of an opponent.  Restart - IFK

Under LOTG this would be Striking, DKF.

At 09:47 AM 8/4/2004 -0400, Wayne Pav wrote:
>NISOA Rule 13 Section 3.L states:  Charging illegally when ball is not w/in
>playing distance, unless being obstructed. ­ is an IFK offense.  Is this
>not a push, which would require a DFK restart?  A.R. 175 goes on to explain
>what is meant by an illegal charge, but I still don’t understand the
>difference in application.  I think it was Shakespeare who claimed “a push
>by any other name is still a push ­ unless done shoulder to shoulder, w/ in
>playing distance of the ball, upright, w/ at least 1 foot on the ground, w/
>ball in play.”
>Wayne Pav

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