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Anyone care to explain this:
In the NFHS Soccer rules book there seems to be a direct conflict.
12-8-1 deals with misconduct and lists 7 instances (labelled a through g) when a player, coach, or bench personnel shall be cautioned. It then states in the penalty section which follows in bold that "An indirect free kick shall be awarded to the nonoffending team from the spot of the ball,..."
However,
13-2-2 states, "...Indirect free kicks are awarded and taken from the point of the infraction:" then it lists a-j, and for k,l,and m the kick is taken from "where the ball was when the referee stopped play"
OK, so here's the problem: look at 12-8-1c (dissent) and 13-2-2j.
If we have a player, who is far away from the ball, yell at/insult the referee during play and the game is stopped and the player cautioned, from where is the indirect free kick taken to restart play?
The first (12-8) says that the indirect free kick is taken from the spot of the ball, but the second (13-2) states that it should be from the spot of the infraction.
For what it is worth under USSF rules the kick is taken from the spot of the infraction.
Did the NFHS botch this?
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