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Originally posted by rainmaker
Dev, my guess is that the play as you saw it, and the play as we're seeing it in our imaginations are two different things. It sounded as though he tried to high kick the defender, and maybe caught a piece of the defender's shirt. But perhaps that's not what really happened. Perhaps you could be a little more specific about the details of where the foot went in relation to the defenders' geography?
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Okay, I went back to the original post, and it does say that the shooter kicked the defender in the chest. It also uses the word "karate" which implies a sort of deliberate, planned and forceful action. Still, I'm thinking that if you didn't think it was even intentional, then perhaps the words you used don't mean the same things as what I'm hearing. I think you should try again with a different vocabulary. I would think any karate kick aimed at another player would be flagrant.
[Edited by rainmaker on Jul 17th, 2005 at 07:02 PM]
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Absolutely correct, Julie. I think in my attempt at humor, I definitely gave a somewhat glorified twist on what actually happened. The player definitely put his body in a position to contact the defender and clear space. I believe the foot made contact with the defender in his lower left chest area, near the bottom of the rib cage. It was enough that he was bumped backwards only slightly. I don't know how else to downplay it, there's only so much I can say, because he definitely made foot to body contact. I just felt then and still do that it was no different than a forearm or shoulder clear out.