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Message: [QUOTE="Porthoz, post: 2835975, member: 2221"] It wasn't a troll, given we're talking about player safety. I meant that whether you're the attacker or the defender shouldn't matter when player safety is the main concern. The current rule is quite clear in that it protects defenders whom often will be vulnerable jumping from a stationary position in the path of rampaging attackers. Turbo's situation is very rare, but was treated in the same way as a situation much more frequent in our game, which is when a half is in the air after performing a kick, especially a bomb. In that (and Turbo's) case, the protection isn't whether a tackle can be made, but how it's performed... you can't take the players legs from under him, or shoulder charge him. A "normal" tackle in such a circumstance could result in the same unfortunate outcome when the player lands, and in a half's case, he isn't even in possession of the ball anymore! Should tackles on halves in the air be banned altogether as well? [/QUOTE]

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