100th minute (not personally sure why so much injury time was played) and then this decision occurs. Pen or not for you guys?
Are you a Bristol fan? Only asking cos you're from Bristol and despite saying its not a pen your last 2 posts seem to be suggesting it could beI am saying no penalty but Refs does the height of the players hand above his shoulder alter the decision?
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Are you a Bristol fan? Only asking cos you're from Bristol and despite saying its not a pen your last 2 posts seem to be suggesting it could be
Just to answer this particular point because you've raised it a couple of times now - it is indeed true that the laws no longer talk about penalizing the player for a hand position where the hand is above shoulder level.Handball wording has altered several times in years. ifab had guidance about offences around the ball striking an arm above the shoulder unless its the player deliberately playing the ball. Now?
Just to answer this particular point because you've raised it a couple of times now - it is indeed true that the laws no longer talk about penalizing the player for a hand position where the hand is above shoulder level.
Although I think it sounds as if you already know this, it is perhaps worth restating that under the current laws the only thing to consider in regards to arm position is whether the hand/arm is making the body unnaturally bigger, where unnaturally bigger is defined as being in a position that is "not a consequence of, or justifiable by, the players movement for that specific situation."
So depending on the specific situation, a scenario where the ball makes contact with the player's hand when it's above shoulder level can be considered not to be an offence, if the referee so judges.