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Anonymous
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Ref fag here. Honestly, the Offside law isn't THAT complicated. It's just confusing in certain situations. The interpretations of what the specific parts of the law mean are really pretty straight forward.
Basically, the law first defines what an "offside position" is. A player is adjudged to be in an offside position if at any time while in his opponent's half he is nearer to the opponent's goal line than both the second to last defender and the ball. However, being in an offside position does not constitute an offense in and of itself.
A player must be punished for offside if, while in and offside position the balls is last touched by a teammate he... 1) Interferes with play, 2) Interferes with an opponent, 3) Gains an advantage from being in that position.
The trickiest part is defining what those three points mean, but it's not that bad.
1) Interfering with play -- Touching or otherwise playing the ball.
2) Interfering with an opponent -- Unfairly distracting or impeding an opponent.
3) Gaining an advantage from being in an offside position -- Playing a ball after it has rebounded an opponent, goal post, crossbar, etc.
There's a few other important points made. First is that the determination of whether a player would be offside should one of those three situations be present is made at the time the ball is touched by a teammate. Secondly, in determining offside position, all parts of the player's body with the exception of his arms are to be considered. It's not the simplest rule, but it's not THAT bad if you get it well-explained, IMO.
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