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Old Sat Jul 28, 2007, 09:05am
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Originally Posted by lmeadski
They are being "penalized" for the ball reverting back to A for another throw-in (advantage to A in this scenario: they get to see the defensive set and get to adjust their throw in accordingly), as in the old rule. A then, on the throw-in following the violation, have their chance to make hay on their AP. Under the new rule, they get their throw-in opportunity AND keep AP. Ergo, I think this penalizes black too much, but that is just my opinion.
The penalty for deliberately kicking a ball is a throw-in to the other team. If you give the non-offending team an AP throw-in instead, you haven't penalized the team for the kick at all because the throw-in part of the kicking penalty has never been administered.

It's that simple.

Last edited by Jurassic Referee; Sat Jul 28, 2007 at 09:08am.
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