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<blockquote data-quote="Crash Hamster" data-source="post: 1117369" data-attributes="member: 84693"><p>I absolutely object to the use of 'waist' to describe the abdomen. I've just done extensive (10 second) research on the definition of the waist and it changes depending on the source. I'd argue that the narrowest point of the abdomen (on a slim person, such as myself <cough>) is the waist and I can provide dictionary definitions to prove it. However, there are some definitions to suggest that it means the whole abdomen (which is clearly wrong IMHO, but I'd be citing it at a disciplinary hearing if I'd been sent off for a high tackle nevertheless.)</p><p></p><p>It's not a precise term at all, so certainly should not be used to define the laws of the game.</p><p></p><p>I think 'everything below the nipple line', at least at initial contact, seems to make the most sense. It's easy to define with a hoop on the jersey (though wait for 'Hoopgate' scandals) and isn't going to change the game completely. Which Tyler to replace Bill Beaumont!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crash Hamster, post: 1117369, member: 84693"] I absolutely object to the use of 'waist' to describe the abdomen. I've just done extensive (10 second) research on the definition of the waist and it changes depending on the source. I'd argue that the narrowest point of the abdomen (on a slim person, such as myself <cough>) is the waist and I can provide dictionary definitions to prove it. However, there are some definitions to suggest that it means the whole abdomen (which is clearly wrong IMHO, but I'd be citing it at a disciplinary hearing if I'd been sent off for a high tackle nevertheless.) It's not a precise term at all, so certainly should not be used to define the laws of the game. I think 'everything below the nipple line', at least at initial contact, seems to make the most sense. It's easy to define with a hoop on the jersey (though wait for 'Hoopgate' scandals) and isn't going to change the game completely. Which Tyler to replace Bill Beaumont! [/QUOTE]
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