Anyone the wiser with the new 't-shirt line' handball definition.

[paul49]

A new definition is being introduced for shoulder or arm handball decisions for next season. How would the new ruling have influenced the decision of those two instances at Burnley?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52208435

 

[SlowDownDerek]

A new definition is being introduced for shoulder or arm handball decisions for next season. How would the new ruling have influenced the decision of those two instances at Burnley?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52208435

It would seem that neither would be given as handball under this definition.

Steve Cook at Norwich probably a bit more borderline tbh.

 

[redharry]

Both goals would have stood, as they should have anyway.
It will solve nothing, it is still down to human judgement based on slow motion replays from many different camera angles.

 

[Kudos]

Both goals would have stood, as they should have anyway.
It will solve nothing, it is still down to human judgement based on slow motion replays from many different camera angles.

oh hey redharry!

 

[AFCBfan]

"Competitions which have been suspended because of Covid-19 have the option of completing the competition using the Laws of the Game 2019-20 or adopting the Laws of the Game 2020-21.

No. I'm sorry. No.

If we're completing the 2019-20 season we're doing it using 2019-20 laws, woeful as they are. We're not going to use a new set of laws for the final quarter of the season.

If we are, then I want the Burnley game replayed using them.

 

[Smithy]

My understanding is that it is a clarification of an existing rule after some muppet interpreted the shoulder as handball.