Question Number: 13950

Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/27/2006

RE: Competitive, Rec Under 15

Steve D of Corte Madera, CA US asks...

A throw-in is awarded to the red team late in a game. A red team player takes the ball and spikes it with one hand high in the air, apparently leaving it for another teammate. The referee seems to wonder whether it was either a very bad throw in or more probably a delay of game. After debating with himself for a moment, the referee declares a throw in for the opposing team.

IF he had declared this a delay and cautioned this player, what would the restart have been? Caution the player, then give his team the throw in since the ball was not in play at that moment? Or a free kick due to the caution? And if the latter, from what spot?

Answer provided by Referee Keith Contarino

He must have decided it was a foul throw or he could not award a throw to the other team. If he decided it was a cautionable offence then he would caution the player, show him the yellow card and restart with the throw-in that never took place, i.e. to the red team. The ball, as you state, was never put in play.

Answer provided by Referee Nathan Lacy

IF the referee had decided that it was a delay of game then this would have occurred PRIOR to the throw in which case the ball was never properly put into play. This would constitute a "dead ball" situation and as such the restart would still be the throw-in that was never taken. All the best,

Answer provided by Referee Ben Mueller

If he cautions for delaying restart, he has to go with the original restart being a throw in for the red team. Thus he called a bad throw.

Answer provided by Referee Chuck Fleischer

The restart should be throw-in to the original side if there was a caution for delaying the restart.

Regards.

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