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My understanding is that the offside rule is based on where the players' feet are, but based on this VAR is doing it based off of any body part. Do I have the r

My understanding is that the offside rule is based on where the players' feet are, but based on this VAR is doing it based off of any body part. Do I have the rule right? Or is the VAR bad at distinguishing feet from other body parts? In any case, well done! In North American sports, there's a push to use a similar sort of system in baseball for calling balls/strikes, I'd be curious to compare my judgement against the computer system they're testing in some minor leagues.

truetaurus 6y ago
If done right var could be awesome but it's flawed right now. Also there is no more "we will give you the benefit of the doubt". There needs to be a little leeway. About the rule: someone suggested to state the rule somewhere so we do that soon.
- bl0b 6y ago
  I agree entirely. At least the VAR people should admit that there is an inherent margin of error in the technology (camera framerate, image resolution, blur..), and offsides calls should only be made when the result is outside that (somehow quantified) margin of error.
samlittlewood 6y ago
Any part of the body that can play the ball - so everything except arms and hands.
awb 6y ago
> My understanding is that the offside rule is based on where the players' feet are, but based on this VAR is doing it based off of any body part. Do I have the rule right? Not quite. Head, body and feet all count. https://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/lawsandrules/laws/football-11-11/law-11---offside https://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/lawsandrules... > A player is in an offside position if: any part of the head, body or feet is in the opponents’ half (excluding the halfway line) and any part of the head, body or feet is nearer to the opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent > The hands and arms of all players, including the goalkeepers, are not considered. > A player is not in an offside position if level with the: second-last opponent or last two opponents
- s3krit 6y ago
  I think 'body' also includes shoulders. Basically any part of the body that you can legally play the ball with.
- jkingsbery 5y ago
  Got it, that's helpful! In a lot of the ones I got wrong, however, it looked pretty clearly that the arm was the thing the VAR used to declare a player offsides.

truetaurus 6y ago

If done right var could be awesome but it's flawed right now. Also there is no more "we will give you the benefit of the doubt". There needs to be a little leeway. About the rule: someone suggested to state the rule somewhere so we do that soon.

bl0b 6y ago
I agree entirely. At least the VAR people should admit that there is an inherent margin of error in the technology (camera framerate, image resolution, blur..), and offsides calls should only be made when the result is outside that (somehow quantified) margin of error.

samlittlewood 6y ago

Any part of the body that can play the ball - so everything except arms and hands.

awb 6y ago

> My understanding is that the offside rule is based on where the players' feet are, but based on this VAR is doing it based off of any body part. Do I have the rule right? Not quite. Head, body and feet all count. https://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/lawsandrules/laws/football-11-11/law-11---offside https://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/lawsandrules... > A player is in an offside position if: any part of the head, body or feet is in the opponents’ half (excluding the halfway line) and any part of the head, body or feet is nearer to the opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent > The hands and arms of all players, including the goalkeepers, are not considered. > A player is not in an offside position if level with the: second-last opponent or last two opponents

s3krit 6y ago
I think 'body' also includes shoulders. Basically any part of the body that you can legally play the ball with.
jkingsbery 5y ago
Got it, that's helpful! In a lot of the ones I got wrong, however, it looked pretty clearly that the arm was the thing the VAR used to declare a player offsides.