Found some info on Wiki..."Unadopted experimentsDuring the 197374 and 197475 seasons, an experimental version of the offside rule was operated in the Scottish League Cup and Drybrough Cup competitions. The concept was that offside should only apply in the last 18 yards (16 m) of play (inside or beside the penalty area). To signify this, the horizontal line of the penalty area was extended to the touchlines. FIFA President Sir Stanley Rous attended the 1973 Scottish League Cup Final, which was played using these rules. The manager of one of the teams involved, Celtic manager Jock Stein, complained that it was unfair to expect teams to play under one set of rules in one game and then a different set a few days before or later. The experiment was quietly dropped after the 197475 season, as no proposal for a further experiment or rule change was submitted for the Scottish Football Association board to consider." And also this, on a similar theme."In the 198788 season, the Football Association was authorised by the International Football Association Board to test an experimental rule change, whereby no attacker could be offside directly from a free-kick. The competition chosen for this experiment was the Football Conference. The change was not deemed a success, as the attacking team could pack the penalty area for any free-kick (or even have several players stand in front of the opposition goalkeeper) and the rule change was not introduced at a higher level."
I would draw two extra lines on the pitch and have offside only counting in the final third of the pitch. The offside trap is a shit defensive policy that ruins the game, in my arrogant opinion.
- Keeping the flag down for tight marginal offside offences: When an immediate goalscoring opportunity is likely to occur, the assistant referee will keep their flag down until the passage of play is completed. Once the goalscoring opportunity is complete, either a goal is scored or the chance is gone, the assistant will then raise the flag to indicate the initial offence. If a goal is scored the VAR will then review the offside judgement
Crikey, so at a penalty any encroachment by the keeper or players and it's retaken...
There are five key areas that highlight the differences in implementation of VAR in 2020/21:- Offsides: The protocol does not allow for tolerance levels
QuoteThere are five key areas that highlight the differences in implementation of VAR in 2020/21:- Offsides: The protocol does not allow for tolerance levelsI don't understand this - I'm not quite sure how that is a difference. Surely that means we're still going to get 4 minute waits while they judge someone is 0.00002mm offside?
Quote from: SheffieldVillain on August 06, 2020, 04:22:26 PMQuoteThere are five key areas that highlight the differences in implementation of VAR in 2020/21:- Offsides: The protocol does not allow for tolerance levelsI don't understand this - I'm not quite sure how that is a difference. Surely that means we're still going to get 4 minute waits while they judge someone is 0.00002mm offside?It's obvious the VAR shitshow is just going to get worse and worse. "Goalkeeper encroachment on penalty kicks: The protocol does not allow for tolerance levels, so if the goalkeeper saves a penalty and his foot is over the line then VAR will advise it is retaken. If the goalkeeper is off his line and the ball hits the post or goes over, it wont be retaken unless the 'keeper has a material impact on the kick being missed."So we'll have big waits while they analyse if a toenail is over the line, but then they are still leaving a big old subjective decision to be made in terms of "material impact" of the keeper's actions. Load of bollocks.