Section126 said:I say...keep the offside rule intact unless possesion of the ball is attained below the goal box line...then no offsides.
Fair enough?
Then you'll just get people goal hanging. It would ruin the game.
Section126 said:I say...keep the offside rule intact unless possesion of the ball is attained below the goal box line...then no offsides.
Fair enough?
finsmx said:Uhm ok
But if you recover the ball so close to the goal, you pretty much are just 1 on 1 with the GK and just shoot to score
Boomer said:It doesn't need to be modified, it needs to be explained properly and carried through properly on the pitch. The rule is perfect, save for the 'player not intefering with play'. That leads to huge problems. Anyone offside when the ball is played should be offside, regardless of whether they're intefering with play or not.
Then there's no issues.
Section126 said:I misstyped....or you didn't understand...
IMO..if you are below the box line...an offside call is ridiculous. SO I say..get rid of it then.
We are not talking earth shattering stuff...
There was one offside call like that in the GER/ITA game...none in the POR/FRA game.
ckb2001 said:OK BigDogsHunt, though I don't have a source for the spread in the popularity of soccer in much of the 20th century, FIFA has a GREAT site explaining the origins of the game, and at the very end, they do say:
"The spread of football outside of Great Britain, mainly due to the British influence abroad, started slow, but it soon gathered momentum and spread rapidly to all parts of the world."
http://www.fifa.com/en/history/history/0,1283,1,00.html
So, that should take care of the first of my points, that the influence of the British Empire was one of the main contributing factors early on.
Now, let me look for the other factor: FIFA politics during the 20th century.
BigDogsHunt said:I have agreed with the points regarding the Empire, but at the end of the day, when it costs very little to produce what is needed to play a game, that has to have a lot of weight on its earliest ability to be learned, taught, played and loved.
The British empire influenced where the game was brought, I also think the simplicity of what it takes to play or setup a game is what kept it acceptable more than any other sport.
BigDogsHunt said:Boomer, I sense you are for keeping the game exactly as it is. But do you see any rule you wish was changed to improve the game?
Section126 said:I misstyped....or you didn't understand...
IMO..if you are below the box line...an offside call is ridiculous. SO I say..get rid of it then.
We are not talking earth shattering stuff...
There was one offside call like that in the GER/ITA game...none in the POR/FRA game.
ckb2001 said:Crud.. this thing about the main reasons behind soccer's popularity isn't so easy to google (other than the British Empire thing in its early days). BigDogsHunt, I'll restart the search at a later time... gotta do some other more important stuff now.
Boomer said:What are you trying to find out?
Boomer said:It doesn't need to be modified, it needs to be explained properly and carried through properly on the pitch. The rule is perfect, save for the 'player not intefering with play'. That leads to huge problems. Anyone offside when the ball is played should be offside, regardless of whether they're intefering with play or not.
Then there's no issues.
Boomer said:I don't understand what you mean, but suffice to say, the rule is fine as it is, it just needs clarification with regards whether a player is interfering with play.