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Question Number: 15681Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 6/2/2007RE: Rec and Competitive Under 15 M. Caleb Moss of Morris, IL USA asks...This question is a follow up to question 15628 "The goalkeeper went outside the box and gained possesion of the ball. The goalkeeper then dribbled the ball back into the box and picked the ball up."
In response to and futher opening this question: If an opponent kicks the ball and it stops outside of the penalty area, then the keeper dribbles the ball outside of his penalty area back into it and picks it up. Does this not constitute him making himself a regular player once he starts playing it outside of the area. Also the question would be when does a keeper after controlling the ball outside of his penalty area become the "keeper" again after being considered a "regular player". So would it be legal to play the ball back into your own area after becoming a "regular player" outside of it and use your "keeper abilities" to play the ball with your hands. Wouldn't this be the same as deliberetly playing the ball to the keeper. Answer provided by Referee Chuck Fleischer Nice bit of logic Caleb, well thought out. Right up to the time you failed to stop play when one team did not have a goalkeeper.
The logical conclusion is based of the premise a player kicking the ball to himself is the same as a team mate deliberately kicking the ball to his goalkeeper. We all know this is an incorrect assumption.
The conclusion reached by this logical discussion becomes invalid as soon as one of the elements used to support the conclusion is found invalid.
Regards,
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View Referee Chuck Fleischer profileAnswer provided by Referee Keith Contarino I'll have to disgree with your logic. The Law tells us one of the players MUST be a keeper, so the keeper is the keeper no matter where he is on the field. Your logic should be that he loses his special rights once he leaves his penalty area (or if he reaches outside his penalty area to play the ball with his hands), and only has the rights of a "regular" player, but he can never "become" a regular player.
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