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Suarez handball

Poll: Would you describe Suarez handball as (35 member(s) have cast votes)

Would you describe Suarez handball as

  1. Beautiful act of self-sacrifice (30 votes [85.71%])

    Percentage of vote: 85.71%

  2. Unfair act of cheating (5 votes [14.29%])

    Percentage of vote: 14.29%

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Posted 2010-July-06, 14:12

pooltuna, on Jul 6 2010, 09:06 PM, said:

... my interpretation of that would be if it doesn't hit the net the goal doesnt count.

That explains why England's second goal against Germany did not count. :(

How about awarding two penalties for a deliberate handball in the "six yard" box: that would remove the incentive but still only award goals for balls that go in the goal.
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Posted 2010-July-06, 14:42

RMB1, on Jul 7 2010, 08:12 AM, said:

pooltuna, on Jul 6 2010, 09:06 PM, said:

... my interpretation of that would be if it doesn't hit the net the goal doesnt count.

That explains why England's second goal against Germany did not count. :(

How about awarding two penalties for a deliberate handball in the "six yard" box: that would remove the incentive but still only award goals for balls that go in the goal.

i like it.

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Posted 2010-July-06, 15:04

Phil, on Jul 6 2010, 03:04 PM, said:

And another offsides not called. I dont think I know of a sport where so the result is at the mercy of the competency of the refs.

How about basketball? There are many close decisions between an offensive foul or calling for a 3-point play, which effectively makes a difference of about 2.7 points (or an offensive foul versus free throws. It's just that psychologically it doesn't make as big of a difference as in football, as in basketball the players still seems to have the game in their own hands (and we forget about the 3 more points they could have had). In other words, I think in football it's just more obvious than in basketball which games were unfairly decided by the referees.
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Posted 2010-July-06, 15:13

How about baseball? Some umpires seem to take pride in having their own personal strike zone even though it's specifically defined in the rules, and likewise take offense at not being able to call them the way they want.
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Posted 2010-July-06, 15:45

I have to point out one thing.

In the top leagues in Europe wrong decisions like the ones seen at the WC are extremely rare.
Unfortunately the top European referees are not allowed in games that involve their team or direct contenders of their teams.
So English, Spanish, German, Italian or French Top referees usually have no chance to be allowed to referee games after the group stage.

The same applies to the top South American referees.

So the quality of the referees at the WC is not as good as it could be.
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Posted 2010-July-07, 03:17

hotShot, on Jul 6 2010, 10:45 PM, said:

In the top leagues in Europe wrong decisions like the ones seen at the WC are extremely rare.

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Posted 2010-July-07, 05:44

LOL referees in soccer suck worldwide

so far the "liniers" (assistant referees on the sides) are doing a great job in WC in the offsides, much better of what we are used to see in the top leagues.

worst part about referees in the top leagues is that they have an awful tendency towards helping the big teams. Of course the big teams don't even notice and think it is normal LOL. Then when they move to continental soccer and face an even bigger team start to complain about referees :)
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Posted 2010-July-07, 06:02

It's a little bit natural. If Sergio Busquets, the reputable Catalan defender, who would never dive, falls down and almost dies, he must have been seriously hit. If Diego Forlan, some obscure South American player with red and white stripes on his shirt, falls, who knows what happened? :)
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Posted 2010-July-07, 06:46

jdonn, on Jul 6 2010, 04:13 PM, said:

How about baseball? Some umpires seem to take pride in having their own personal strike zone even though it's specifically defined in the rules, and likewise take offense at not being able to call them the way they want.

See this article for an analysis of MLB umpires and strike zones.
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