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Originally Posted by Matty81
Clearly they just have to stop doing it i agree. But by all accounts its never been police or considered a major issue so hard to get why its now such a big issue.
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I've talked myself around to this being an embarrassment for Team Canada. Apparently Curling does police the hog line with sensors on the handle of the rock, so players don't have to police themselves in that regard, but the rules are clear that you have to release before the hog line.
The rules don't expressly forbid touching the granite, but it's clear enough that you're supposed to deliver from the handle. Grazing the granite unintentionally on release before the hog line would be one thing, but this seems to be a double whammy of intentional touch on the hog line. If it didn't matter he wouldn't have done it.
It would be embarrassing for curling if touching the rock beyond the hog line is a self-policed grey area thing. If that's the case they need to fix it now.
I want a Zapruder film on every questionable release from the match, but this
link shows 2 examples that look fairly clear, so Kennedy's reaction is pretty embarrassing IMO.