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@Chefdoo95 @adidasfootball @FIFAWorldCup The problem with that is FIFA itself has a rule that says touching a player’s hair does not qualify as a touching when determining offsides … FIFA knows its own rules but broke this one to help Portugal

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@t42222

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@KPmufc

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@DataFutebol Slight contact with his hair is not a touching according to FIFA rules

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@En_Vita_Vazhi FIFA rules explain that grazing the hair on a player’s head is not touching unless the hair (like a man bun) changes the ball’s direction

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@calcioxtra Everything I’ve searched says that grazing the hair on a player’s head does not count as a touch in soccer

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@UTDRico8 One … I think the the rules specify that hair does not count as part of the head when determining offside or other plays

Two … how can a ref determine a defender’s intent? … the defender headed the ball … it seems more appropriate to assume he did it on purpose

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@xOlajuwon @RGIII I know … it’s next to impossible on a phone to capture the exact moment the ball is kicked … that’s why I was hoping they would’ve showed the VAR view … it seems like they’ve showed it every other time it was close during this World Cup

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@RGIII Still in his own half? … I’d like to see the VAR view

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@xOlajuwon @RGIII Are you sure?

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@JarheadFrog Not sure Tech was even in the Top 10 … well behind Texas, Ohio State, and Oregon

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@On3 @PeteNakos Sad that a bunch of keyboard warriors and jealous alumni from other schools were able to drive a student athlete out of college

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@SECcousinShane Non-alumni fan base

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@ArtHains @RedRaiderSports You know that’s not true … the local judge recused himself … it was a judge from Ft Worth, who went to the University of Houston law school and a University of Texas school for undergrad

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@BobbyCarpShow @Bcarp3 The bigger issue is that the National Council on Problem Gambling found that 33% of respondents aged 21 to 44 had placed a sports bet before turning 21 and over 20 million had addiction issues … and betting apps are pushed hard by all sports media

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@Aaron_Torres @AaronTorresPod Why do Indiana and Cincinnati get a pass? They knew it was going on, hid the fact, and played him anyway … what about Texas? … they had two players last year doing the same thing … in fact, I wonder if there’s a single team in D1 that doesn’t have a player or coach doing it

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@fastlane6677 Texas did have players doing it … but kept it hush hush

https://t.co/zr4eI9Ieh2

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@DanWolken @YahooSports I wonder which programs haven’t had players gambling on games? We know Indiana, Cincinnati, and Texas have but kept it hush hush
https://t.co/zr4eI9Ieh2

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@davidubben @ChrisVannini @BunchFormationP Not sure if this is correct … but singling out Tech seems odd

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@rcb05 @doug_keegan Tech won the trolling battle this time … Sark popped off and McGuire handed it to him … the silliness of Sark’s comment and the irrationality of Texas playing Tech are irrelevant at this point … just great trolling