Its one of my biggest pet peeves in football and it happens all over the world and it happens often. Cheap Nike Air Max 95 . Moreover, it makes the game a little less beautiful. I call it the "deliberate handball swindle." A player, believing hes been fouled, grabs the ball while falling to the ground, forcing the referee into making a decision in the players favour. As a long suffering observer of CONCACAF, Ill cynically assume that this technique originated in Central America and spread like a disease to the rest of the world. Unfortunately, FIFA has allowed the plague to fester...until recently it seems. More and more, we are seeing officials make the correct decision, by giving a free kick in the other direction, while brandishing the yellow card that is automatically awarded for intentionally handling the ball. Unfortunately for Whitecaps fans, it was a Vancouver player that fell victim to that modern interpretation and, because Mattias Laba was already in the book, it was an indisputable sending off in the Whitecaps 2-1 loss to Colorado Rapids on Saturday. Was Laba pulled back by Nick Labrocca in the 77th minute and might a foul have been awarded? Yes. But there were a full two steamboats between Laba tumbling to the ground and the Argentine midfielder grabbing the ball. Enough time for the referee to blow his whistle, which he didnt, and enough time for Laba to consider the circumstances - already on a yellow with his team leading by a goal. Perhaps in his home country, in front of a huge crowd, a referee might have caved to the con and we see that all the time. I sympathize with officials who are constantly being put in a position of having to interpret deceit. So for the good of the game, Im glad Ionnis Stavridis construed the law the way he did and I hope his contemporaries in the game consistently follow suit and react the same way in similar circumstances. There is part of me, though, that also wonders whether in this instance, if the referee knew right away that Laba was already on a yellow for a belligerent foul just 23 minutes earlier ,as there seemed to be hesitation between him showing the secnd yellow and then the red. If referees themselves strive for anonymity and the desire to let players decide games, then, upon reflection, perhaps Mr. Stavridis might have secretly wished he had just awarded a foul to Nick Labrocca and not influenced the game to that degree. But it doesnt change the fundamental issue - grabbing the ball to force a referee into a ruling falls under the same category as diving or, as its now known, “simulation." Its cheating plain and simple and if the Whitecaps truly want to live by their slogan “Our All, Our Honour”, maybe they need to learn from this incident and encourage players to think twice about employing one of the games most notorious swindles. Nike Air Max 95 Sale Cheap . -- Augusta James of Bath, Ont. Cheap Air Max 95 Wholesale . Just ask Arsenal fans. However, Arsene Wenger has repeatedly told anyone willing to listen that finishing in that spot is more important than winning a cup competition. http://www.cheapnikeairmax95.com/ . -- J.R. Sweezy was the one part of the Seattle Seahawks offensive line that had avoided injuries or having to change positions this season.CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Make it two rallies in two weeks for No. 21 North Carolina, which erased a two-touchdown deficit in the second half and then held on to beat San Diego State 31-27 on Saturday night after Tim Scotts interception in the end zone with 14 seconds left. "I think thats a great thing -- we played our best ball when we were down," coach Larry Fedora said. "I would much rather have it that way than the other way. ... Were going to be in that situation. We know how this teams going to respond." Marquise Williams threw two second-half touchdown passes and freshman Elijah Hood rushed 2 yards for the go-ahead score with 8:01 left for the Tar Heels (2-0). Last week, they trailed Liberty of the FCS in the third quarter before taking control with a flurry of turnovers. They escaped an even bigger hole against the Aztecs: North Carolina trailed by 14 points with less than 5 minutes left in the third quarter before scoring on four straight possessions to take a four-point lead, then came up with a timely defensive stand to earn its first 2-0 start under its third-year coach. Quinn Kaehler threw for a career-high 341 yards with a touchdown, then led the Aztecs (1-1) to a first-and-goal from the North Carolina 3 in the final minute. His quick pass in the end zone to Lloyd Mills was jumped by Scott for the game-sealing interception. "When the receivers saw that we were (pressing them), they communicated to each other for a pick," Scott said. Mills "ran a wheel route and he was running out of end zone, so I decided to look at the quarterback and he threw it (to Mills) back shoulder." Kaehler was picked off three times: the first was returned for a touchdown, the second set up a late field goal and the third effectively ended the game. "Its always disappointing when your quarterback throws interceptions," San Diego State coach Rocky Long said. "But Quinn is a competitor. Hes trying to make a play to win the game." Kaehler finished with a 56-yard touchdown pass to Eric Judge, and Donnel Pumphrey rushed for 100 yards with scoring runs of 12 and 3 yards for San Diego State, which led 21-7 late in the third quarter before Williams and the NNorth Carolina offence finally started clicking. Nike Air Max 95 Discount Cheap. Williams threw TDs covering 91 yards to Mack Hollins -- the third-longest TD pass in school history -- and 11 yards to Quinshad Davis. Brian Walker picked off two passes, returning the first one 100 yards for an early touchdown. After Danny Hagemans second field goal of the fourth quarter, a 40-yarder with 10:30 to play, made it 27-21, the Tar Heels went 80 yards in eight plays and reclaimed the lead for good. Hoods first career touchdown run made it 28-27 -- their first lead since early in the second quarter. Walker then picked off Kaehlers pass and took it 26 yards to the San Diego State 14. That set up Nick Weliers 23-yard field goal with 4 minutes left that forced San Diego State to go for the end zone on its final possession. The Aztecs certainly appeared on their way to a rare Eastern victory after Pumphrey put them up by two touchdowns with his scoring run on the opening drive of the second half. That turned out to be the wake-up call the Tar Heels needed, with Williams throwing for TDs on consecutive possessions to get North Carolina back in the game. The first came on a short fade pattern in the end zone to Davis. The second was spectacular. One play after San Diego State pushed its lead back into double figures, the Tar Heels went deep: Hollins slipped behind cornerback J.J. Whittaker near midfield and pulled in Williams pass in stride on his way to the longest pass play by a Tar Heel in the history of Kenan Stadium. It wasnt even the longest play of the day. That belonged to Walker, who picked off Kaehlers overthrown pass about a yard deep in the end zone and took off down the right side for the games first touchdown. "It was really an amazing night for him," Fedora said. He was one of the four players who were suspended for the Liberty game for what Fedora called a violation of team policy. The violation was undisclosed though those suspensions came a day after a Yahoo Sports report of an alleged hazing altercation that left a freshman walk-on receiver with a possible concussion. Walker was not made available to the media after the game. Team spokesman Kevin Best called it a coachs decision. 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