The penalty box (sometimes called the sin bin, bad box, or simply bin) is the area in ice hockey, rugby league, rugby union and some other sports where a player sits to serve the time of a given penalty, for an offense not severe enough to merit outright expulsion from the contest. Teams are generally not allowed to replace players who have been sent to the penalty box.
Read more about Penalty Box: Hockey, Rugby Football, Other Sports
Famous quotes containing the words penalty and/or box:
“The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
“Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses,
A box where sweets compacted lie;
My music shows ye have your closes,
And all must die.”
—George Herbert (15931633)
Related Phrases
Related Words