Peter Grove
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I hope this is OK but I'd like to take up on a point that was raised in another thread that has now been locked.
It's the question of intent. In that thread, it was stated:
I am going to have to disagree with this. Intent has not been removed from the Laws - only from being a consideration in certain offences, in particular physical contact fouls.
The concept of intent, in the form of the words intentional and intentionally, still exists in the Laws. In addition, the words deliberate or deliberately occur dozens of times throughout the laws document in relation to multiple different offences and as far as the Laws are concerned according to the glossary in the Laws, intentional and deliberate amount to the same thing.
So where the laws say we have to consider whether a particular action was intentional or deliberate, we still have to do so. It is only for those offences where intent is not mentioned, that we have to ignore it.
It's the question of intent. In that thread, it was stated:
We need to lose the ideas of intent as the word has been removed from the laws. As referees we cannot judge intent - this leaves us open to trickery and being fooled as we are judging an unknown factor. You will truly never know what a players intent is. In some cases its obvious, in others it isn't.
I am going to have to disagree with this. Intent has not been removed from the Laws - only from being a consideration in certain offences, in particular physical contact fouls.
The concept of intent, in the form of the words intentional and intentionally, still exists in the Laws. In addition, the words deliberate or deliberately occur dozens of times throughout the laws document in relation to multiple different offences and as far as the Laws are concerned according to the glossary in the Laws, intentional and deliberate amount to the same thing.
So where the laws say we have to consider whether a particular action was intentional or deliberate, we still have to do so. It is only for those offences where intent is not mentioned, that we have to ignore it.