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Message: [QUOTE="Anonymous person, post: 2486489, member: 2115"] It wasn't a knock on yet because it was still in the air. Nightingale was well within his rights to tackle him. It's not a knock on UNTIL THE BALL HITS SOMETHING AFTER GOING FORWARD. Until that happens, the last person to touch the ball is deemed to be in possession of the ball and as such can be tackled. Again, been like this for 20+ years. just to reiterate - if you intentionally play at the ball and hit it up in the air, you are fair game to be tackled even though you don't have the ball in your hands. If you intentionally hit it forward its a penalty, if you intentionally play at it but didn't mean for it to go forward, like hodges did, its play on and you can be tackled since you're in possession until it hits something else. the part of the laws of the game that it appears the refs have gotten wrong is a new part of the obstruction rule - from section 15: "It is illegal to obstruct any opponent not in possession, even one who is offside or one who is endeavouring to get to the ball after it has been knocked on or thrown forward." hodges hadn't actually knocked-on when nightingale tackled him as it hadn't touched anything. Fun fact - they now have finally added the video referee into the laws of the game document! [/QUOTE]

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