by Snowflake Royal »
21 Dec 2020 09:29
bcubed NewCorkSeth Snowflake Royal I think the rules are fine. If any part of a player that they can use to score with is offside, it's offside. Hand has never and doesn't count.
What I'm talking about is going with the pitchside officials decision unless it is clearly wrong. Can you, at a relative glance, see with certainty a relevant part of the player was offside without the benefit of computer generated lines? Yes? Cool, offside. Marginal? No, not offside.
The rules are not fine though are they? Because the technology isn't perfect and the rule only works if it is. You still get ridiculous offside calls that, based on the angle of the camera, could go either way. They dont have a 360 view of each infraction so have to make a call on what they think is the closest body part.
Its happened a few times already. The defenders line has been drawn at his foot when his shoulder turned out to actually be closer and that would have left a player onside.
And Villa had a goal ruled offside because a players upper arm was offside despite the fact it was only offside because he was being wrestled by a player. The fact they can rule out a goal for being 1mm offside but not use the same footage they just watched to give a penalty for the foul that led to said player being offside is dumb.
I understand you are saying the rule is the rule, if you are a fraction offside you are still offside. I get it. Thats undeniably true. Which is why I think they need to change the rule. Its no longer in the spirit of the game. There should be a buffer zone of some sort so that games aren't being ruined due to 1mm of a shoulder or a toe being closer to the goal.
Well quite
What I said on previous page
The rule doesn’t do what it set out to
My point is, if you change the rule, you have the same problem. The tech will still involve drawing lines and making millimetre decisions
Has to be at least two inches offside? Still done to the mm, with fans and officials unable to really see the difference between one and the other. You just move the dispute from level to 2 inches.
Torsos only? Still get your ridiculous mm decisions but with torsos.
My suggestion solves the actual problem, the (mis)use of the tech, by using an 'official's call' element and making it based purely on a human look at a picture, is it clear and obvious? Yes / No.
This is specifically about offside. Complaints about whether being pushed offside or a foul should be given are a completely different question that needs to be addressed differently.
It's about problem statements.
1)
Problem: Linesman are making mistakes and missing too many clear offside
Solution: Introduce technology assistance. Not change rule, it doesn't make linesman more accurate.
2)
Problem: Technology is making marginal decisions that is ruining the game.
Solution: Change implementation of technology. Changing the rule doesn't change the issue, which is the implementation of the technology