Kicking the ball?

[ken roberts]

I know that we are looking at a literal definition from the rule book...But lets weigh the advantage/disadvantage of the play.

There's no advantage/disadvantage to weigh here [1]. If "The Man" wanted intentionally striking the ball with the thigh to be illegal, it would be in the Rule Book.

Advantage/disadvantage is great, but you can't use it to penalize a play that's completely legal. Even if in your opinion that play should be illegal.

[1] Well, there is a major advantage/disadvantage weighing to be done here by the player if he happens to be of the male gender. If the ball takes a bad bounce or if he miscalculates by a little bit, he'll be put at a major disadvantage...