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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 866833" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>Here is my issue with this.</p><p></p><p>Owens brought his arms up from his sides, reached out, and caught the ball. That is about as clear and obvious as it gets.</p><p></p><p>Now, if he had enough reaction time to do that, then he had enough reaction time to <strong>at least make an effort to get out of the way </strong>of the ball... to try to avoid being touched by him, i.e. keep his arms down, change direction, try to stop; anything but reach out and grab it. If you make the effort, and the ball still hits you, then you have met a key criteria for "Accidental Offside" which is...</p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"...When an offside player <strong>cannot avoid being touched by the ball</strong>"</em></p><p></p><p>The fact that he intentionally played it is evidence that he could have avoided it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 866833, member: 20605"] Here is my issue with this. Owens brought his arms up from his sides, reached out, and caught the ball. That is about as clear and obvious as it gets. Now, if he had enough reaction time to do that, then he had enough reaction time to [B]at least make an effort to get out of the way [/B]of the ball... to try to avoid being touched by him, i.e. keep his arms down, change direction, try to stop; anything but reach out and grab it. If you make the effort, and the ball still hits you, then you have met a key criteria for "Accidental Offside" which is... [I] "...When an offside player [B]cannot avoid being touched by the ball[/B]"[/I] The fact that he intentionally played it is evidence that he could have avoided it. [/QUOTE]
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