Monday, January 4, 2010
Define Cheating
Consider these two scenarios.
A strker goes down under a challenge in the penalty area and the ref gives a penalty.
A striker stumbles over outside the box, stumbles into the box and claims a penalty.
Which was is cheating? it's obvious. The second one. Yet the first one featured Eduardo against Celtic, had the Scottish whining which got the media on the case which got UEFA sticking their beak in. Eduardo was widely slagged off as a cheat despite the fact that the ref clearly explained at half time he had seen contact. And at no time did the Arsenal striker actually appeal.
The second happened in the FA Cup tie between Manchester United and Leeds United. Michael Owen, short on pace these days, falls outside the box, crawls into the area and appeals. The ref, quite rightly, waves play on. Yet Owen deliberately fell and deliberately called for a penalty.
When I was growing up I was always under the impression that acting dishonestly is cheating. Have things changed? If we had video evidence would Owen recieve a punishment based on his intent?
A strker goes down under a challenge in the penalty area and the ref gives a penalty.
A striker stumbles over outside the box, stumbles into the box and claims a penalty.
Which was is cheating? it's obvious. The second one. Yet the first one featured Eduardo against Celtic, had the Scottish whining which got the media on the case which got UEFA sticking their beak in. Eduardo was widely slagged off as a cheat despite the fact that the ref clearly explained at half time he had seen contact. And at no time did the Arsenal striker actually appeal.
The second happened in the FA Cup tie between Manchester United and Leeds United. Michael Owen, short on pace these days, falls outside the box, crawls into the area and appeals. The ref, quite rightly, waves play on. Yet Owen deliberately fell and deliberately called for a penalty.
When I was growing up I was always under the impression that acting dishonestly is cheating. Have things changed? If we had video evidence would Owen recieve a punishment based on his intent?
# posted by Me @ 9:47 AM 
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