Brian Fantana
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for taking off your shirt. What is the rule/logic behind it?
Its to do with Sponsors not wanting their logos not to be seen and also slogans on tshirts underneath.
If I was a manager, any player of mine booked for that would be fined a weeks wages.
If I was a manager, any player of mine booked for that would be fined a weeks wages.
Its to do with Sponsors not wanting their logos not to be seen and also slogans on tshirts underneath.
Now that is a riduculous comment.
Its to do with Sponsors not wanting their logos not to be seen and also slogans on tshirts underneath.
Jermain Defoe removed his shirt last week after scoring for Portsmouth and was cautioned. It leaves referees open to the accusation of being killjoys who don't understand football. They're not.
However, referees do not have a choice which laws they apply, even if they don't agree with them. Players do have a choice. Celebrations are often pre-meditated. Carlos Tevez, for instance, won't keep a dummy inside his shorts all week long, will he? Yet, recently, he produced a dummy to celebrate goals for Manchester United.
When Defoe scored a second goal against Wigan, having been cautioned already, he wisely decided not to remove his shirt.
I don't think players should be booked for removing their shirts. It was introduced because of the risk of political slogans on under-shirts and it was delaying restarts because players couldn't get their tight shirts on again in time.
I thought it was a combination, but according to Graham Poll:-
Full article here GRAHAM POLL'S OFFICIAL LINE: Swap shirt rule .. for refs' sake | Mail Online