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What caution code is used for the caution given to a goalkeeper for a second offence during KFTPM? Wouldn't it be the same? I don't know the answer as I had already retired well before this provision was adopted.

OK then, my apologies. I'm my defence, I would just say that that wasn't immediately apparent from the contents of the post. At the time I read it, it already had a link to the announcement from the IFAB that listed the actual, approved changes - unless that was added later?

These are not proposed changes, these are confirmed amendments that will take effect as of July 1 this year. As stated in the IFAB announcement: Again, these are approved changes, not proposals. The change in AR positioning is listed in a section of the announcement that starts by saying:

There's nothing I've seen that explains the reason for the two types of free kick, there's just a timeline of when they were introduced, as given above. But I would imagine there's an element of getting the punishment to fit the crime.

Yes, in fact originally all free kicks were indirect. The first mention of free kicks was in 1872, for handling offences. The law stated that a goal could not be scored from such a free kick. In 1874, free kicks were added for offside, tripping, hacking, holding and pushing (all still indirect)...

Perhaps because the very first line of Law 11 says, "It is not an offence to be in an offside position." But if you mean that it has to be an offside offence because the player in an offside position has clearly challenged an opponent for the ball (thereby committing an offside offence) before...

For the past 30 years I've received a Valentine's day card from the same secret admirer. So I was pretty upset when I didn't get one this year. First my granny dies and now this.

I think some of this is arguably covered under the provisions of Law 6. This law states that the VAR and AVAR, "assist the referee in controlling the match in accordance with the Laws of the Game and the VAR protocol." So that indicates they have a general duty to assist, along with specific...

That really doesn't work, though. You're allowing one team to dictate to the other team, something that they're not entitled to dictate. The team that wins the toss is given a choice of either kicking off or deciding which goal to attack in the first half. There's nothing in the laws that says...

Not enough info there in what is a poorly worded question. Whether the fouled player was in an offside position is not the determining factor, given that it is not an offence to be in an offside position. As the extract of the law quoted by @one shows, what we need to know (and what we are not...

It's only there in regards to making decisions "where there is no direct provision in the laws". It's not in there as a consideration on how to judge physical contact fouls. There are plenty of direct provisions in that area of the law.

Again, totally disagree. Getting the ball first will never negate an offence. If there's an offence, it's an offence no matter whether the ball is played first or not. What getting the ball first can do (although I'm not sure to what extent it really should) is tip the judgment of whether a...

No, it doesn't come down to whether contact with the ball is made first. It comes down to whether the referee judges that the trip, which you stipulate to, was careless (I think we can discount reckless or excessive force). Getting the ball first but carelessly tripping the player as well, is...

They don't - in fact they specifically mention them among the materials that are allowed - again with the proviso that they have not become dangerous.

Not really sure what you're trying to say here but let's just be clear - there is no prohibition in the laws on metal studs at grassroots or any other level and the only issue regarding metal studs (or any kind of studs) is whether they are dangerous. And for me, the only surface on which you...

With the greatest of respect, I think you need to be a tad more careful in issuing definitive proclamations on matters of law, in case they are either mistaken or (as here) not universally applicable. In addition, perhaps you might want to think about couching the things you state in somewhat...

What do you mean by "no metal studs"? Do you mean only on artificial turf? As others have mentioned, it may be an issue for the venue administrators and it's debatable whether it's up to the referee to enforce it but metal studs are most definitely not prohibited by the Laws of the Game. In...

In terms of the Laws of the Game, a player can wear any type of boots so long as they're not dangerous. Some artificial turf venues do have their own regulations about what kind of footwear players can or can't use but that's up to the venue, it's not part of the laws.

A fly kick is as described by @one. We might understand what 'punt' means in this context but in terms of soccer it's not the most commonly used term here. Perhaps it is for people from the US? In the UK, I would say 'punt' is more often used to designate a kind of boat.