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Message: [QUOTE="Jeba, post: 2418536, member: 1827"] In your example it would be no advantage at all. The only way it give them an advantage is if the big man takes out the defenders before the ball is at catchable height, and then the trailing attacking player takes an easy catch. But THAT should be a penalty, because it's obvious what the big man's intentions are. To take them out just before the ball hits the ground would be stupid, as it would then hit someone on the head, knee, back, testicles or whatever, and bounce in any which direction. It's a football, not a soccer ball, and if the trailer followed close enough to catch the ball before it hit the ground, well then that would ALSO make it obvious what they're intentions were, so therefore no try penalty. See how this common sense things works Big Pete Archer-Maxwell? As for Yow Yeh leading with his hip - who cares? It shouldn't be illegal in the game. As I said, your best high flyers in the game will do anything to make sure they get to that ball first. They go up with knees forward, knees the back, shoulders clinched, whatever it takes. That's the way it bloody well should be. It's not like it's the NBA and they are going for a rebound, but even then that wouldn't have been given a foul. In the air contests shouldn't just be between both players hands without either of them coming into contact with each other. How boring would that be!! [/QUOTE]

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