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Law 15 - The Throw In 2/4/2018

Mauricio of Redmond, WA United States asks...

Question regarding advantage.

Can or should advantage be applied if an infringement is committed during the restart? Example, black team has a throw in and during the throw the player jumps. The ball however goes to a white team player tha...

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Law 11 - Offside 2/2/2018

Greg Kall of HILLSBOROUGH, CA United States asks...

Hi everyone... thanks for your insights...
Agreed, the deflection off the flag is a corner case, but with all the pains taken with the addition of corner cases appended to Law 11 in the last IFAB version (offside player impeding, being fouled, e...

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Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play 2/2/2018

Nossiovski of Sillamäe, Jestonia asks...

About kick-off.

Does the match clock start the time referee blows a whistle or from the moment player kicks the ball and its in the play?

If after whistle no player kicks the ball and there is 1min of delay (for fight or arguing etc...

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Law 11 - Offside 2/1/2018

Greg Kall of Hillsborough, California United States of America asks...

A question regarding Offside:
Why does the "gaining an advantage" element not take into account deflection from the corner flag?...

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High School 1/31/2018

Peter of Stockton, CA United States asks...

Hi

I encountered a situation the other day that was new to me and I want to make sure I made the correct call. Situation - Blue team was attacking, White team was defending. Blue has the ball in the white team's penalty area. Blue's defender...

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Other 1/30/2018

Phil of Tarzana, CA United States asks...

I'm somewhat worried about VAR & think that on the whole, referees do an excellent job. Having at least 4 pairs of eyes usually get the calls right.

What is gained by VAR could be outweighed by frequent delays...the same thing that spoils A...

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Other 1/30/2018

russell of Sydney, Australia asks...

Well said Joe and Richard.

The leagues think they need to entertain and couldn't do so without the stars. So so wrong.
Let's be entertained by the players footballing skills - not their acting abilities.

I don't favour the idea ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/29/2018

Victor Blackburn of Beaufort, SC United States asks...

Scenario that happened recently in a Portuguese League Cup match that my colleagues and I have a disagreement on how it shouldve been handled. The match involved two of the top leagues in Portuguese professional football (just to give you an idea of ...

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Law 5 - The Referee 1/29/2018

Alex of fort collins, colorado USA asks...

This is a question on advantage. Team 1 has ball possession on Team 2's half of the field. A striker from team 1 takes a shot which is blocked by an intentional hand-ball from team 2's defense inside the box. (The goalie was no where close to blockin...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/29/2018

russell of Sydney, Australia asks...

The sooner we have widespread universal retrospective sanctions - the better.

Not sure what is worse, the play acting by Malcom in the penalty decision, or, the gullible officials.

https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/video/1148018755516...

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