Gives teams no chance to defend anything in behind.
Edited by Carl Spackler on December 30, 2025, 17:51:47
As a consequence, teams will just bring everyone back into their own end and defend with 10 men behind the ball, allowing nothing in behind. Think about hockey offside. The puck needs to be in before them AND the defending team usually has at least 1, often times 2 defenders already in the zone. In this case, you’d have 0 defenders in the zone. It’s a classic “This will create more offense!” solution that will really create even less offense and make things even more dependent on set pieces.  Previous Message
As a relatively new soccer fan (10 years) who never played and a lifelong hockey fan, I always found the rule weird. Seems odd that it isn't the entire offensive player's body needing to be beyond the entire defender's body.
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 Kickball dudes - Thoughts on FIFA considering "daylight rule" for offside? - Tuscy December 30, 2025, 9:30:04
- Go watch that Fulham stoppage time goal right now.* - SurfTheBoneyard January 4, 2026, 11:11:36
- 3 scoreless draws in 4 matches today… - SurfTheBoneyard January 1, 2026, 15:58:33
- Brennan Johnson to Crystal Palace for £35MM. - Carl Spackler January 1, 2026, 15:16:10
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- FOUR - NIL - VIV December 30, 2025, 15:53:39
- I don’t like that an offensive player’s lean counts though. I would adjudge offside solely based - ATL December 30, 2025, 12:10:03
- It's almost as if FIFA and the NCAA are in a battle to see who can ruin sports the most* - Sounder December 30, 2025, 12:08:19
- Pretty much what Spackler said. Terrible idea with bad tactical consequences* - UIHuskie December 30, 2025, 11:57:27
- so dumb* - VIV December 30, 2025, 11:49:24
- I'd be in favor of using feet position only, so a leaning shoulder no longer counts* - Quiz December 30, 2025, 11:29:11
- It seems harder to referee except for situations where you have VAR - ijustkrushalot December 30, 2025, 9:48:15
- Catastrophically stupid and would literally ruin soccer. You'd have every team play a low block. - Carl Spackler December 30, 2025, 9:47:54
- any time you have a chance to make rules more arbitrary, you gotta take it* - Sammich December 30, 2025, 9:31:54
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on December 30, 2025, 17:49:29, in reply to "Why is it stupid? (No snark...I legit want to learn). It's basically hockey offsides positioning. "