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Originally Posted by monkey hanger
with all the law changes in football isn,t it about time a penalty goal is given for handball on the line if in the refs. opinion the ball was going in. penalty tries seem to work in both codes of rugby. not looking for excuses for the lads that missed but its something i,ve thought about before.
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Fully agree with you about a "Penalty Goal" award Monkey Hanger, as I was thinking on the same lines. The team that 'Cheats' in this scenario benefits if the penalty is missed or saved!
(Cambridge benefited by two points as a 'Penalty goal' to us would have been an equalizer and we would have shared the points). If video replays were to be used throughout Pro Footy as well, then in a case like this one, it would be easy to apply......
.......The referee has already stopped play by blowing the whistle for a penalty, (and a sending off), so there is time to replay the video for an official to view whether a goal has 'clearly been denied'. If found to be so then the ref can award a "Penalty
Goal" and the penalty does not need to be taken and the game restarts with a kick off from the centre spot as it would after any goal.
This would not cause a disruption to open play as the ref has already stopped play and would only take as long as it normally takes to attempt a penalty.
Why oh why don't the guys at the top of football listen to common sense from the terraces?
