Vic Mackey
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10 in the bin for Crocker 3rd man in I assume
Where is the comprehension failure mate?
Like i said i'm not sure but like i showed it says you can't be offside in your own in goal but does that cover accidental offsides? Can you show me where in the rules it says that cause if you can't find it either maybe it's another bit of evidence to show that the rule book isn't exactly clear.
10 in the bin for Crocker 3rd man in I assume
I need one of skeepe's classic violent insults... hmmm...
Hey skeepe, go shove your head in a blender.
(Pretty sure I've seen him use that one, more than once.)
The refs missed a kick in the face in that fight.
Section 14 of the rule book contains your answer.
1. A player is off side except when he is in his own in- goal if the ball touches, is touched, held or kicked, by one of his own team behind him.
The notes clarify accidental offside:
Where the Referee is satisfied that interference with play by an off side player is accidental he should order a scrum.
As you cannot be an offside player in your own in-goal, you cannot be accidentally offside.
The last sentence is my summary.
By the very definition of accidental offside, you have to be an offside player to be accidentally offside. You cannot be an offside player in your in-goal, therefore you cannot be accidentally offside.
I would have thought that pretty easy to understand.