PatAg said:

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zgolfz85 said:

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Rascal said:

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The dumbest rule in sports:

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it's just so insane. absolutely ZERO advantage to yamal here

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I mean, the advantage is he started his run just barely to early and was offside.

If he is a split second later and onside, he also maybe doesnt get in past the defender. It was a close thing as is.

Still a great run and great pass, and great composure to finish the play off.
Personally, I think we need to get VAR and 'automated' offside out of the game. The linesman either calls it live or doesnt. Its not in the spirit of the rule to have this current process.

Actual replay, not a still photo.

A beautiful finish from Lamine Yamal but the flag is up for offside pic.twitter.com/lHlt6fvLdl

— FOX Sports (@FOXSports) July 14, 2026

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Txhuntr said:

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They can keep their crazy nanosecond VAR line in place. Just change the rule to a player is offsides if no body part is even with the 2nd to last defender when the ball is played…much like the illegal forward pass in football. Nobody will complain if the offensive player doesn't have a single body part even with the defender's back shoulder, and no real advantage will be gained

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agracer said:

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AggieEP said:

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Txhuntr said:

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They can keep their crazy nanosecond VAR line in place. Just change the rule to a player is offsides if no body part is even with the 2nd to last defender when the ball is played…much like the illegal forward pass in football. Nobody will complain if the offensive player doesn't have a single body part even with the defender's back shoulder, and no real advantage will be gained

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This would seem to be the easiest decision in the history of rule changes. It can still be officiated accurately with their precious VAR, but it opens up the offensive game just a bit and leads to the kind of exciting plays that will continue to grow the game world wide.

I don't think anyone looks at that run in the France/Spain game and thinks... oh yeah, totally unfair advantage there. And at the core, the rules are supposed to make the game play fair, as currently enforced the rules tilt very heavily in favor of the defense. This includes the liberal amount of grabbing, pulling, tripping, pushing that is allowed by defenders that impacts the freedom of movement of players on and off the ball.

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The problem is that only works with VAR. Live action at the lower levels with no VAR, it's almost impossible to tell when the player that is ahead has a body part even with a defender on the far side of the field. It's much easier to see say a red jersey past a white jersey than to see if a cleat/foot from an attacking player that is leaning is still even with a defender.

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agracer said:

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AggieEP said:

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Txhuntr said:

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They can keep their crazy nanosecond VAR line in place. Just change the rule to a player is offsides if no body part is even with the 2nd to last defender when the ball is played…much like the illegal forward pass in football. Nobody will complain if the offensive player doesn't have a single body part even with the defender's back shoulder, and no real advantage will be gained

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This would seem to be the easiest decision in the history of rule changes. It can still be officiated accurately with their precious VAR, but it opens up the offensive game just a bit and leads to the kind of exciting plays that will continue to grow the game world wide.

I don't think anyone looks at that run in the France/Spain game and thinks... oh yeah, totally unfair advantage there. And at the core, the rules are supposed to make the game play fair, as currently enforced the rules tilt very heavily in favor of the defense. This includes the liberal amount of grabbing, pulling, tripping, pushing that is allowed by defenders that impacts the freedom of movement of players on and off the ball.

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The problem is that only works with VAR. Live action at the lower levels with no VAR, it's almost impossible to tell when the player that is ahead has a body part even with a defender on the far side of the field. It's much easier to see say a red jersey past a white jersey than to see if a cleat/foot from an attacking player that is leaning is still even with a defender.

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deadbq03 said:

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And the other problem is that it just moves the goalpost.

Our frustration with offside is less about the rule itself and more about the delayed enforcement after a goal.

If you have VAR - even under the better MLS rules - then the refs hold the call till after the goal happens. It robs us of our joy.

Offside is far less frustrating when they blow the whistle live and the goal never happens. I'd much rather have that and have them sometimes be fractionally wrong than have VAR enforcement and be 100% correct but steal the joy of goals… and it's also a player safety issue… defenders tend to be a bit more reckless trying to stop a goal. If you whistle for offside immediately and kill the goal scoring opportunity, it means these frantic challenge situations happen less frequently in a game.

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Ready for Argentina! 👊 pic.twitter.com/5fSh9K1tir

— England (@England) July 15, 2026

🏆 #FIFAWorldCup

📋 ¡Once inicial confirmado! ⚽

Así formará #Argentina para el duelo ante #Inglaterra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 💪

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— 🇦🇷 Selección Argentina ⭐⭐⭐ (@Argentina) July 15, 2026

deadbq03 said:

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And the other problem is that it just moves the goalpost.

Our frustration with offside is less about the rule itself and more about the delayed enforcement after a goal.

If you have VAR - even under the better MLS rules - then the refs hold the call till after the goal happens. It robs us of our joy.

Offside is far less frustrating when they blow the whistle live and the goal never happens. I'd much rather have that and have them sometimes be fractionally wrong than have VAR enforcement and be 100% correct but steal the joy of goals… and it's also a player safety issue… defenders tend to be a bit more reckless trying to stop a goal. If you whistle for offside immediately and kill the goal scoring opportunity, it means these frantic challenge situations happen less frequently in a game.

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wangus12 said:

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Oh snap is Ish not gonna give Argentina their favoritism

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Artorias said:

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Announcer going overboard trying to manufacture some historical friction between Arg and Eng. Little to none of which any of the players likely care about.

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TXAggie2011 said:

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Artorias said:

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Announcer going overboard trying to manufacture some historical friction between Arg and Eng. Little to none of which any of the players likely care about.

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They're not really manufacturing anything regarding the historical friction. And they said the players mostly aren't alive for the bad blood history.

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pb488 said:

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Artorias said:

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Announcer going overboard trying to manufacture some historical friction between Arg and Eng. Little to none of which any of the players likely care about.

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I dunno, watching the argentinians sing their national anthem, it seemed like they had some extra spicy mustard on their hot dogs today

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