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  2. Fouls and misconduct (association football) - Wikipedia

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    The majority of fouls concern contact between opponents. Although contact between players is a part of the game, the Laws prohibit most forceful contact, meaning that, unlike other football codes, a tackle in association football is required to be predominantly directed against the ball rather than the player in possession of it. Specifically ...

  3. Penalty (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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    In gridiron football, a penalty is a sanction assessed against a team for a violation of the rules, called a foul. [1] Officials initially signal penalties by tossing a bright yellow colored penalty flag onto the field toward or at the spot of a foul.

  4. Clipping (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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    In gridiron football, clipping is the act of a "throwing the body across the back of the leg of an eligible receiver or charging or falling into the back of an opponent below the waist after approaching him from behind, provided the opponent is not a runner." [1] It is also clipping to roll up on the legs of an opponent after a block. [1]

  5. Laws of the Game (association football) - Wikipedia

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    The first detailed sets of rules published by football clubs (rather than a school or university) were those of Sheffield F.C. (written 1858, published 1859) which codified a game played for 20 years until being discontinued in favour of the Football Association code, and those of Melbourne FC (1859) which are the origins of Australian rules ...

  6. List of gridiron football rules - Wikipedia

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    Similarly to association football, the game begins with a coin toss to determine which team will kick off to begin the game and which goal each team will defend. [2] The options are presented again to start the second half; the choices for the first half do not automatically determine the start of the second half (i.e. it is possible for the same team to kick off both halves). [3]

  7. Matt Eberflus: Bears filing complaint with NFL that Packers ...

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    Eberflus acknowledged that the Bears did a poor job of blocking, but believes that the Packers made illegal contact with long snapper Scott Daly on the play and wants the NFL to take a second look.

  8. Penalty kick (association football) - Wikipedia

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    Josef Martínez of Atlanta United FC taking a penalty kick versus the New England Revolution. A penalty kick (commonly known as a penalty or a spot kick) is a method of restarting play in association football, in which a player is allowed to take a single shot at the goal while it is defended only by the opposing team's goalkeeper.

  9. They film you rolling through stop signs and fine you $100 ...

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    A camera recorded Rice's Prius rolling through a stop sign at the park's parking lot, resulting in a $100 fine for Rice, the registered owner of the car. Yet it was not a violation of the vehicle ...