occured to me the other day that when a player gives a way a penalty if he gets sent off (usually) this is because he denies a goal scoring oppertunity. however, the other team then gets a penalty which is of course a clear goal scoring chance.
so my question is does this not seem overly harsh? almost a double punishment. by the letter of the law surely the player can't be sent off for denying a goal scoring oppertunity as the awarding of a penalty gives the opposition back the chance they have just been denied.
maybe the player should just be given a yellow?
so my question is does this not seem overly harsh? almost a double punishment. by the letter of the law surely the player can't be sent off for denying a goal scoring oppertunity as the awarding of a penalty gives the opposition back the chance they have just been denied.
maybe the player should just be given a yellow?