Ill-legal block?

[MNBlue]

Originally Posted by Juxone

My posting's here are not intended to spark argument simply to gain input... in my original post I did not ask if it was a legal kick either. The core of the question is (since it is a legal kick) would contact with R be legal prior to touching the ball. I thought contact with R before touching was a foul? As well as "bowling over" or are they separate fouls?

Why would you think that?

9-3

ART. 8 . . . No member of the kicking team shall initiate contact to (block) an opponent on a free kick until:

a. The legal kick has traveled 10 yards;

b. The kicking team is eligible to recover a free-kicked ball; or

c. The receiving team initiates a block within the neutral zone.

[Juxone]

The question to me was "why did I think that.."

because I was confused. ART. 8 . . . No member of the kicking team shall initiate contact to (block) an opponent on a free kick until:

a. The legal kick has traveled 10 yards;

b. The kicking team is eligible to recover a free-kicked ball; or

c. The receiving team initiates a block within the neutral zone.

IS A "anded with (B or C) which would then mean that

1. A must be true AND either B or C must be true,

In the question A is true b or c not necessarily true.

Hence the question.

[Adam]

A or B or C