>> How is this different than hockey or basketball (or throwing a flag >> in American football)? > > Take basketball as an example. You are behind by 3 with 10 seconds > left, and the other team has the ball. So of course you foul them, > and the ref blows his whistle and stops the clock. The net effect of > the foul is rewarding the team committing the foul. This is the > opposite of officiating in soccer, which requires that you assess the > context, and if the fouled team would be disadvantaged by stopping > play, you let them play on.
How long can a keeper hold onto the ball before he has to get rid of it? If his team is up one goal in stoppage time, there's nothing (legal) the other team can do to dislodge the ball. The basketball case is sort of similar, and I have to believe that the basketball powers-that-be decided that the possibility of a late comeback makes those endless parades to the foul line tolerable. Otherwise, they could just deduct the remaining time on the shot clock from the game clock before awarding the free throws. -Jerry Wolper [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
