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Music Man

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20. This fellow referee/player and son of a coach disagrees with you :)

Reply to Prairie Gates (Reply #17)

Wed Jul 1, 2026, 11:49 PM

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Looking at the language from Law 12, "A tackle or challenge that endangers the safety of an opponent or uses excessive force or brutality must be sanctioned as serious foul play."

Because of the way the ankle got twisted, you might be able to say that his safety was endangered, but there's no way that's excessive force. If Balogun lands two inches to the left, he's merely stepping on the guy's foot.

Yellow cards are for reckless behavior, which this more easily falls under. In my humble opinion, of course.

Nice to meet a fellow ref!

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