GreatZar looks to have answered your question, however, a couple of comments. (at least its not a two-ref system, which is what all JV games...
It makes one think that BA and Reyna may have taken that into account when they notified the 4th. I can hear the Conspiracy Theorists chomping...
I think this is a case where something similar to the High School rules could have helped. (not that I'm an advocate for the way high schools keep...
Re: Something just occurred to me... BZZZZZT! Nope, thank you for playing! ;-) Actually, Law 12, under the heading of Indirect Free Kick,...
Well, actually... Except that Whipple has been adament about it NOT being an offense! No matter what! His basis is the Spirit of the Game,...
I see the light, well almost! Ah, I believe I see the problem behind our differing positions. Whipple, you and those sympathetic to, your view...
Ok, let's see Law 12 indicates that; 1) It is an offense if the keeper, "touches the ball with his hands after it has been deliberately kicked...
You are not reading the posts correctly! No one said that heading the ball back to the keeper is not legal. What is NOT legal is passing the ball...
Whipple, I posed the same question to Mr. Allen and his response was the ATR 12.21. As I noted in my last post the last sentance, I believe,...
No one's asleep, Whipple. I believe that the premise for the original question was a defender juggling the ball up to his head and passing it back...
Whipple, are you saying that I can place a player between a teammate's throw-in and the keeper to head the ball back and negate the Laws of the...
I'm not sure why you disagree with "many of the mandatory cautions" all but one involves trickery or lack of permission (game management). There...
From LotG 2001 (I don't have the 2002/2003 in text version) ***** LAW 12 - Fouls and Misconduct Decision 3 Subject to the terms of Law 12,...
For the good of the game AYSO, USYSA, NHFS, etc., frankly, if it portrays the sport of soccer in a reasonable facsimile of the, world recognized,...
A little sidebar From An Overview of American Soccer History By Dave Litterer http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/overview.html "The first...
Reviewing the LoG, ATR, and Mechanics books, there is no reference to allowing/dis-allowing AR's to switch at half time. I would find, though, by...
The above three comments are all valid. However, we most always think of the offside call due to good defense or sloppy offense. faizalenu...
Re: Re: PI and Offside Ah, but, Law 12 says, "persistently infringes the Laws of the Game." Not, "persistently infringes Law 12." Law 11 -...
Ok,this may seem a little silly, but here goes... I was watching a game today and this player (the same one each time) was continually being...