http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2010/03/08/with-technology-binned-maybe-players-should-just-stop-cheating/ World Soccer views and news Sat, 18 May 2013 09:32:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2010/03/08/with-technology-binned-maybe-players-should-just-stop-cheating/comment-page-1/#comment-353046 Philomena Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:22:54 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/?p=15860#comment-353046 Why should the players be honest when the heads of FIFA are living with bribery? Just read the newest interview with Andrew Jennings (http://qatar2022bidrevealed.com) who fights against the FIFA-plutocratie since years and has revealed now their newest fraud... :-/ Why should the players be honest when the heads of FIFA are living with bribery? Just read the newest interview with Andrew Jennings (http://qatar2022bidrevealed.com) who fights against the FIFA-plutocratie since years and has revealed now their newest fraud… :-/

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2010/03/08/with-technology-binned-maybe-players-should-just-stop-cheating/comment-page-1/#comment-353034 MarkMeadows Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:23:27 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/?p=15860#comment-353034 It's a very good point Brian. If players did not dive and were honest about deliberate handballs and the ball crossing a line, half these incidents would not happen. But I guess it's a dream world where people own up to things and sometimes with the goalline and even handballs even the players themsleves are not sure. As I wrote once, the handall rule should be changed to read "a foul is committed if the player gains an advantage from handling the ball" Forget deliberate as often trips are not deliberate but you have to count them as fouls It’s a very good point Brian. If players did not dive and were honest about deliberate handballs and the ball crossing a line, half these incidents would not happen.
But I guess it’s a dream world where people own up to things and sometimes with the goalline and even handballs even the players themsleves are not sure.
As I wrote once, the handall rule should be changed to read “a foul is committed if the player gains an advantage from handling the ball”
Forget deliberate as often trips are not deliberate but you have to count them as fouls

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