Is shirtpulling an offense?

[Maximo Mark]

I ask this, because Wenger, and the MOTD team, seemed to think Arsenal should've had a penalty for a shirt-pull. It was pulled, quite a lot.

BUT, you can guarentee that at over 90% of free-kicks and corners in all games in the football league there will be atleast two players having their shirts pulled just as bad, if not worse, and a foul is NEVER given. So should we just scrap the rule and allow it, or should there be a clamp down and penalties/free-kicks given at pretty much every corner? Because I can't really see what the difference is.

[wonderwall]

The incident yesterday involving Arsenal was a penalty but if its from corners it normaley goes on all the time like maximo said there would be spot kicks from every corner.

[o]

It is a daft situation, because sometimes they are given and sometimes not, personally I'd like to see a clamp down on it, start giving penalties every time, and they'd soon stop it.