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As the laws of the game stand it is offside, however I do feel like it should be measured from the feet. I know you can score with your head, but there is always going to be a certain amount of lean while sprinting. Arms/shoulders shouldn’t come into play because a defender on the half turn is going to have their arm out for balance as they’re turning (shown in the photo). I’d prefer feet as the point of measure, but from the current rules it is offside. Fine margins at such high speed though.
If you look closely The defenders offside line is drawn from his knee a playable part of his body
yeah, I would prefer offside being like.
It's based on the feet, and for VAR to overrule the onfield decision, the foot must be at least a set distance past the last foot of the defender to account for margin of error.
I don't want to see any umming and ahhing about "oh, it's milimeters off", if it's like... Less than 5cm, it's onfield decision, especially if that distance could fall within the system's margin for error.
Follow the way cricket does it for LBW reviews. The ball tracking must show over half the ball hitting/missing the stumps for it to be overturned, otherwise the onfield decision stands.
I feel that technology in sports work best when used to prevent clear mistakes in onfield judgements, not when used to split hairs on technicalities. Ruby has a great approach, onfield referee will say "Onfield decision is try, can you check for forward pass/grounding/whatever...... Is that clear evidence to over-turn the try?"
I feel like football is too into trying to provide clear evidence to uphold the onfield decision, when that should be the default and it should be clear evidence to overturn otherwise you're stuck forever in margin calls where no outcome can be clearly upheld.
This. They should look at feet only, that seems like the most fair. And to add to that I'd say one foot of the attacker would have to be behind a defender's foot in its entirety for it to be offside, not just a toe.
I would ask you why you think track running isn't measured by the runner's feet then as well. Why does a runner cross a finish line when they cross with their head and shoulders?
Plus, generally it's easier to just tell with the feet as they're on the ground. No need for fancy graphs and close call lines.