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Old Mon Feb 08, 2010, 02:14pm
Jurassic Referee Jurassic Referee is offline
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Originally Posted by mbyron View Post
Flagrant. Falls under the definition of fighting (4-18).

"Fighting is a flagrant act and can occur when the ball is dead or live. Fighting
includes, but is not limited to combative acts such as:
ART. 1 . . . An attempt to strike, punch or kick by using a fist, hands, arms, legs
or feet regardless of whether contact is made.
ART. 2 . . . An attempt to instigate a fight by committing an unsporting act that
causes a person to retaliate by fighting."
Do you call "making a fist an "attempt to strike"?

I don't personally. I consider it an unsporting act and call the foul accordingly.

Note that A1 would have been gone with his second "T" anyway.

Last edited by Jurassic Referee; Mon Feb 08, 2010 at 02:25pm.
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