I thought what happened on Sunday was interesting and that is why I brought it up then. From my vantage point, it looked like Charlie shuffled it (this may not be the case, he probably shot it and I just didn't see it correctly but lets imagine he shuffled it).
So, after the shuffle that we are imagining, the ball hit the defender's mallet and then rolled into the goal. What I asked is: if a ball gets shuffled by an offensive player into a defender's mallet and then into the goal, does that count?
On sunday, it looked to me as if the defender, whoever it was I can't remember, wasn't even looking at the ball and it merely hit their mallet by chance. In my opinion this is not a goal but I'd agree that it's sort of hard to regulate.
For it to be an own-goal, in my opinion, the defender must add momentum to the ball in some way. The ball must be accelerated into the goal by the defender, not simply redirected off of a shuffle. But if it originates from a shot, it doesn't fuckin' matter it's a goal every time.
It doesn't fuckin' matter anyway, because it was just pick up, but it is interesting and it is a spot where the rules don't cover every circumstance I think.
NAH wrote:
If an offensive player shuffles the ball into the defending player guarding the goal. If the ball enters the goal is this manner, it will not count as an own goal;
If an offensive player shuffles the ball into the defending player's WHAT? BIKE? MALLET? BODY? DICK? The rules are just not written well. It doesn't seem that hard to be more precise.
Last edited: Mon, 23 Jan 2012, 11:07pm by BoozeKruse
