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Old 08-12-2005, 17:34   #46
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Re: Technology in Sport
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Originally Posted by ian@huth
They deliberately put their body in a position where their opponent has to make contact with them before the ball.
Is that not known as shielding the ball? Do you mean players should just let the opponent take the ball?

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Originally Posted by ian@huth
They then roll and thrash about for ages, something that never used to happen years ago when there was far more physical contact in the game. This isn't sportsman like behaviour.
True, players do seem to be made of china these days, the only way to stop this is if a player is injuried and required the physio then he should leave the field of play for five minutes.

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I feel that the ref should only award a foul if he thought there was intent and should penalise any player who deliberately plays to win a foul.
Unless you have a device to allow the refs to listen to players thoughts I fail to see how this would work.
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