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beautifulbelief wrote:

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redbuttons7 wrote:

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samantha m wrote:

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why he s a jerk?
he wasnt the referee!!!!sometimes(hand) is not even intentional !

It's pretty obvious from the video that that hand ball was totally intentional. I mean he guided it back to himself. Not cool at all.

Then the ref should've called it.

He should have but he didn't. In a perfect world, refs would catch everything I've definitely lost some respect for Henry...

Ferris Bueller Youre My Hero wrote:

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It's the refs responsibility to make the right call. What is he going to stop and say "hey no guys I touched the ball, let's have a do over?" Not like in basketball someone gets fouled but says "you know what ref I wasn't fouled". Plus he didn't say he "cheated" he admitted it was a handball. If someone is called for defense holding in the NFL are they cheating? No, they did something incorrectly and it's the refs job to spot it and give them a 10 yard penalty.

imo fouls and handballs aren't directly comparable.

Also I don't understand the people saying he didn't do it on purpose. He handled the ball twice in one play and you can clearly see the deliberate hand motions. Some people are claiming that it was a reflex (which I seriously doubt).

Ferris Bueller Youre My Hero wrote:

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Regardless if fouls and handballs are not the same thing, they are both infractions that should be called by a ref. When the umpires or officials make a bad call in the MLB, they don't say that the player cheated. They say that the ref made a bad call. I think the same thing is the case here. He isn't responsible for stopping play and saying "I touched the ball"...that's 100% the responsibility of the ref.

I disagree about the first part of what you said. A good, direct comparison that I remember was the "purse snatching" incident involving Alex Rodriguez a few years ago against the Red Sox during the playoffs I believe. Obviously it didn't get nearly this much attention as it wasn't as crucial of a play and baseball doesn't have nearly this big of an audience. Regarding your statement, "When the umpires or officials make a bad call in the MLB, they don't say that the player cheated", it depends who you ask whether or not people blame the player or the ref. From the athlete's perspective, it shouldn't be a game of "Let's see how much I can get away with before I get caught". Fouls are allowed (to some extent obviously due to the nature of the game)....handballs aren't ever. That's the HUGE difference.

I do agree that it is the job of the ref to make these calls and unfortunately they don't always call them. No, I wouldn't expect Henry to go out and say "Oh yes, I intentionally hit the ball with my hand twice". I just think that he's handling the aftermath of this situation poorly so that's why I've lost some respect for him.

And on that note, I need to hit the sack.