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Originally Posted by SirFozzie
The difference is PLAYER versus BALLBOY. There is no reason at all to do anything even close to what Eden Hazard did. End of story.
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Originally Posted by TroyF
I'm only jumping back in because you asked a direct question. That is something for the ref to decide, not Hazard. Player vs. Player is treated differently. Player vs. Ballboy is not EVER acceptable.
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Rainmaker said it better than I could - when the ballboy was put in a position to affect the game, and chose a side, he was no longer an innocent bystander. Did Hazard cross a line? Yes, but if this had been an opposing player I don't even know if he would have gotten a red. PLAYER vs. FAN is (also?/even more so?) NEVER acceptable, but if a fan jumped out of the stands and interfered with the match in this manner, everyone would think it was within Hazard's rights to do what he did. Yet somehow it becomes egregious when he does it to an admittedly partisan person that went out of their way to put themself in the middle of the action? I don't get it.