AGGIEinIOWA wrote: ↑

November 10th, 2023, 8:10 pm

trevordude wrote:Outclassed tonight, but great season

Not sure I’d say outclassed. Maybe outplayed, but YBU and class don’t belong together. That team complains, moans, and whines about everything. First reaction for them is always to put their hands in the air and act like they just got assaulted. I was proud of how the Aggie ladies kept their composure and were good sports.

AGGIEinIOWA wrote: ↑

November 10th, 2023, 8:49 pm

This was the first full soccer game I’ve watched in a long time. I don’t don’t watch much soccer and only watched tonight because it was my Aggies and it was a meaningful game. I’d like to pose a question. What can be done to make soccer more enjoyable to watch? I played plenty of soccer as a kid and appreciate the skill and endurance it requires, but man is it boring to watch and the outcome is unnecessarily random at times. Here are a few proposals to make the sport more exciting:

1) Smaller field and use less players
2) Allow on-the-fly substitutions like hockey and lacrosse
3) Eliminate offsides. Eliminating the 2 line pass call in hockey helped increase scoring in the NHL.
4) Use 2 balls at once. Would be exciting but make camera man’s job a challenge! lol
5) Add a 2 pt shot (from outside the box). PLL did that for professional lacrosse.

Any other ideas?

Gidbob wrote: ↑

November 10th, 2023, 9:43 pm

AGGIEinIOWA wrote: ↑

November 10th, 2023, 8:49 pm

This was the first full soccer game I’ve watched in a long time. I don’t don’t watch much soccer and only watched tonight because it was my Aggies and it was a meaningful game. I’d like to pose a question. What can be done to make soccer more enjoyable to watch? I played plenty of soccer as a kid and appreciate the skill and endurance it requires, but man is it boring to watch and the outcome is unnecessarily random at times. Here are a few proposals to make the sport more exciting:

1) Smaller field and use less players
2) Allow on-the-fly substitutions like hockey and lacrosse
3) Eliminate offsides. Eliminating the 2 line pass call in hockey helped increase scoring in the NHL.
4) Use 2 balls at once. Would be exciting but make camera man’s job a challenge! lol
5) Add a 2 pt shot (from outside the box). PLL did that for professional lacrosse.

Any other ideas?

There's no chance any of these ever get implemented, and idk how to say it nicely, but they're bad ideas. Watching higher levels helps, but honestly the sports we enjoy watching are very much a product of our culture for most of us. People from countries that like soccer (that includes a ton of countries haha) can't stand the commercial breaks in American sports. But implementing these ideas would cause backlash even worse than the super league they tried a couple years ago.

AGGIEinIOWA wrote: ↑

November 10th, 2023, 8:49 pm

This was the first full soccer game I’ve watched in a long time. I don’t don’t watch much soccer and only watched tonight because it was my Aggies and it was a meaningful game. I’d like to pose a question. What can be done to make soccer more enjoyable to watch? I played plenty of soccer as a kid and appreciate the skill and endurance it requires, but man is it boring to watch and the outcome is unnecessarily random at times. Here are a few proposals to make the sport more exciting:

1) Smaller field and use less players
2) Allow on-the-fly substitutions like hockey and lacrosse
3) Eliminate offsides. Eliminating the 2 line pass call in hockey helped increase scoring in the NHL.
4) Use 2 balls at once. Would be exciting but make camera man’s job a challenge! lol
5) Add a 2 pt shot (from outside the box). PLL did that for professional lacrosse.

Any other ideas?

EngineeringAggie wrote: ↑

November 10th, 2023, 8:12 pm

AGGIEinIOWA wrote: ↑

November 10th, 2023, 8:10 pm

trevordude wrote:Outclassed tonight, but great season

Not sure I’d say outclassed. Maybe outplayed, but YBU and class don’t belong together. That team complains, moans, and whines about everything. First reaction for them is always to put their hands in the air and act like they just got assaulted. I was proud of how the Aggie ladies kept their composure and were good sports.

My wife says that La Roca teaches all of their girls to just fall down as soon as they get touched. It was pretty obvious that their whole team played for La Roca at some point.

000zero000 wrote: ↑

November 10th, 2023, 10:31 pm

EngineeringAggie wrote: ↑

November 10th, 2023, 8:12 pm

AGGIEinIOWA wrote: ↑

November 10th, 2023, 8:10 pm

trevordude wrote:Outclassed tonight, but great season

Not sure I’d say outclassed. Maybe outplayed, but YBU and class don’t belong together. That team complains, moans, and whines about everything. First reaction for them is always to put their hands in the air and act like they just got assaulted. I was proud of how the Aggie ladies kept their composure and were good sports.

My wife says that La Roca teaches all of their girls to just fall down as soon as they get touched. It was pretty obvious that their whole team played for La Roca at some point.

Tell me you don't know much about the youth soccer clubs in Utah without telling me you don't know much about the youth soccer clubs in Utah.

Gidbob wrote:

AGGIEinIOWA wrote: ↑

November 10th, 2023, 8:49 pm

This was the first full soccer game I’ve watched in a long time. I don’t don’t watch much soccer and only watched tonight because it was my Aggies and it was a meaningful game. I’d like to pose a question. What can be done to make soccer more enjoyable to watch? I played plenty of soccer as a kid and appreciate the skill and endurance it requires, but man is it boring to watch and the outcome is unnecessarily random at times. Here are a few proposals to make the sport more exciting:

1) Smaller field and use less players
2) Allow on-the-fly substitutions like hockey and lacrosse
3) Eliminate offsides. Eliminating the 2 line pass call in hockey helped increase scoring in the NHL.
4) Use 2 balls at once. Would be exciting but make camera man’s job a challenge! lol
5) Add a 2 pt shot (from outside the box). PLL did that for professional lacrosse.

Any other ideas?

There's no chance any of these ever get implemented, and idk how to say it nicely, but they're bad ideas. Watching higher levels helps, but honestly the sports we enjoy watching are very much a product of our culture for most of us. People from countries that like soccer (that includes a ton of countries haha) can't stand the commercial breaks in American sports. But implementing these ideas would cause backlash even worse than the super league they tried a couple years ago.

AGGIEinIOWA wrote:

Gidbob wrote:

AGGIEinIOWA wrote: ↑

November 10th, 2023, 8:49 pm

This was the first full soccer game I’ve watched in a long time. I don’t don’t watch much soccer and only watched tonight because it was my Aggies and it was a meaningful game. I’d like to pose a question. What can be done to make soccer more enjoyable to watch? I played plenty of soccer as a kid and appreciate the skill and endurance it requires, but man is it boring to watch and the outcome is unnecessarily random at times. Here are a few proposals to make the sport more exciting:

1) Smaller field and use less players
2) Allow on-the-fly substitutions like hockey and lacrosse
3) Eliminate offsides. Eliminating the 2 line pass call in hockey helped increase scoring in the NHL.
4) Use 2 balls at once. Would be exciting but make camera man’s job a challenge! lol
5) Add a 2 pt shot (from outside the box). PLL did that for professional lacrosse.

Any other ideas?

There's no chance any of these ever get implemented, and idk how to say it nicely, but they're bad ideas. Watching higher levels helps, but honestly the sports we enjoy watching are very much a product of our culture for most of us. People from countries that like soccer (that includes a ton of countries haha) can't stand the commercial breaks in American sports. But implementing these ideas would cause backlash even worse than the super league they tried a couple years ago.

lol, I knew I’d get this response from some traditionalists/purists. I’m sure if I was more of a regular fan I’d appreciate the nuances of the game more. I do think sports should evolve over time and rule changes are part of that. The 3 pt shot and collapsable rims revolutionized basketball. Some of the recent changes MLB has implemented, such as the pitch clock, has been heaven sent for making baseball better for the spectators. Now only if we could get the NFL to adopt some of the CFL rules.

QuackAttackAggie wrote:

AGGIEinIOWA wrote:

Gidbob wrote:

AGGIEinIOWA wrote: ↑

November 10th, 2023, 8:49 pm

This was the first full soccer game I’ve watched in a long time. I don’t don’t watch much soccer and only watched tonight because it was my Aggies and it was a meaningful game. I’d like to pose a question. What can be done to make soccer more enjoyable to watch? I played plenty of soccer as a kid and appreciate the skill and endurance it requires, but man is it boring to watch and the outcome is unnecessarily random at times. Here are a few proposals to make the sport more exciting:

1) Smaller field and use less players
2) Allow on-the-fly substitutions like hockey and lacrosse
3) Eliminate offsides. Eliminating the 2 line pass call in hockey helped increase scoring in the NHL.
4) Use 2 balls at once. Would be exciting but make camera man’s job a challenge! lol
5) Add a 2 pt shot (from outside the box). PLL did that for professional lacrosse.

Any other ideas?

There's no chance any of these ever get implemented, and idk how to say it nicely, but they're bad ideas. Watching higher levels helps, but honestly the sports we enjoy watching are very much a product of our culture for most of us. People from countries that like soccer (that includes a ton of countries haha) can't stand the commercial breaks in American sports. But implementing these ideas would cause backlash even worse than the super league they tried a couple years ago.

lol, I knew I’d get this response from some traditionalists/purists. I’m sure if I was more of a regular fan I’d appreciate the nuances of the game more. I do think sports should evolve over time and rule changes are part of that. The 3 pt shot and collapsable rims revolutionized basketball. Some of the recent changes MLB has implemented, such as the pitch clock, has been heaven sent for making baseball better for the spectators. Now only if we could get the NFL to adopt some of the CFL rules.

Subs are already really liberal in college. You can come back in the game even after getting subbed and there's no limit to how many you get.


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AGGIEinIOWA wrote: ↑

November 10th, 2023, 10:56 pm

QuackAttackAggie wrote:

AGGIEinIOWA wrote:

Gidbob wrote:

AGGIEinIOWA wrote: ↑

November 10th, 2023, 8:49 pm

This was the first full soccer game I’ve watched in a long time. I don’t don’t watch much soccer and only watched tonight because it was my Aggies and it was a meaningful game. I’d like to pose a question. What can be done to make soccer more enjoyable to watch? I played plenty of soccer as a kid and appreciate the skill and endurance it requires, but man is it boring to watch and the outcome is unnecessarily random at times. Here are a few proposals to make the sport more exciting:

1) Smaller field and use less players
2) Allow on-the-fly substitutions like hockey and lacrosse
3) Eliminate offsides. Eliminating the 2 line pass call in hockey helped increase scoring in the NHL.
4) Use 2 balls at once. Would be exciting but make camera man’s job a challenge! lol
5) Add a 2 pt shot (from outside the box). PLL did that for professional lacrosse.

Any other ideas?

There's no chance any of these ever get implemented, and idk how to say it nicely, but they're bad ideas. Watching higher levels helps, but honestly the sports we enjoy watching are very much a product of our culture for most of us. People from countries that like soccer (that includes a ton of countries haha) can't stand the commercial breaks in American sports. But implementing these ideas would cause backlash even worse than the super league they tried a couple years ago.

lol, I knew I’d get this response from some traditionalists/purists. I’m sure if I was more of a regular fan I’d appreciate the nuances of the game more. I do think sports should evolve over time and rule changes are part of that. The 3 pt shot and collapsable rims revolutionized basketball. Some of the recent changes MLB has implemented, such as the pitch clock, has been heaven sent for making baseball better for the spectators. Now only if we could get the NFL to adopt some of the CFL rules.

Subs are already really liberal in college. You can come back in the game even after getting subbed and there's no limit to how many you get.


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They need to go one step further and allow subs on the fly besides being able to sub in and out as often as you like. Look at lacrosse. You can have an offensive midfielder swap out for defensive specialist on the go once your team gets possession. That alone would help drive up the scoring and bring a whole dimension of excitement.
Soccer should also have some sort of competitive faceoff, like the jump ball in hoops, faceoff in hockey, and draw in women’s lacrosse.
I’d be in favor of a penalty box for soccer too. Go man down for a few minutes. Get your power play unit out there.
Will you all vote me in for commissioner of International soccer? lol

shoresy wrote: ↑

November 11th, 2023, 12:02 am

Sucks to see a great season end like that, especially because we know we can beat them, but BYU is really, really, really good.

Our team is strong and it sounds like most of our impact players are coming back next year, but I wouldn’t hate looking at the portal for a good attacker or two. Though this staff doesn’t tend to utilize the portal much.

StanfordAggie wrote:

QuackAttackAggie wrote: ↑

November 10th, 2023, 10:48 pm

AGGIEinIOWA wrote:

Gidbob wrote:

AGGIEinIOWA wrote: ↑

November 10th, 2023, 8:49 pm

This was the first full soccer game I’ve watched in a long time. I don’t don’t watch much soccer and only watched tonight because it was my Aggies and it was a meaningful game. I’d like to pose a question. What can be done to make soccer more enjoyable to watch? I played plenty of soccer as a kid and appreciate the skill and endurance it requires, but man is it boring to watch and the outcome is unnecessarily random at times. Here are a few proposals to make the sport more exciting:

1) Smaller field and use less players
2) Allow on-the-fly substitutions like hockey and lacrosse
3) Eliminate offsides. Eliminating the 2 line pass call in hockey helped increase scoring in the NHL.
4) Use 2 balls at once. Would be exciting but make camera man’s job a challenge! lol
5) Add a 2 pt shot (from outside the box). PLL did that for professional lacrosse.

Any other ideas?

There's no chance any of these ever get implemented, and idk how to say it nicely, but they're bad ideas. Watching higher levels helps, but honestly the sports we enjoy watching are very much a product of our culture for most of us. People from countries that like soccer (that includes a ton of countries haha) can't stand the commercial breaks in American sports. But implementing these ideas would cause backlash even worse than the super league they tried a couple years ago.

lol, I knew I’d get this response from some traditionalists/purists. I’m sure if I was more of a regular fan I’d appreciate the nuances of the game more. I do think sports should evolve over time and rule changes are part of that. The 3 pt shot and collapsable rims revolutionized basketball. Some of the recent changes MLB has implemented, such as the pitch clock, has been heaven sent for making baseball better for the spectators. Now only if we could get the NFL to adopt some of the CFL rules.

Subs are already really liberal in college. You can come back in the game even after getting subbed and there's no limit to how many you get.


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I believe the rule in NCAA soccer is that you can leave the bench to come onto the field once per half. In other words, if you start the half on the bench and come into the game and get subbed out, they can't sub you back in until the next half. And if you are a starter for the half, they can sub you out and then sub you back in once, but only once. So it's not quite unlimited substitutions, but pretty close.

Honestly, I kind of do like the idea of liberalizing the substitution rules. You can basically do hockey-style substitutions in NCAA where you field an entirely different team, and I think that makes the game more interesting. The problem is that this gives an enormous advantage to teams with a deeper bench. Analytics types say that coaches in top leagues/international soccer should be using all five substitutions every game and using them much earlier in the game than they do. The advantage of fresh legs is not obvious to observers (even coaches and players), but it is very apparent to advanced analytics. In a sport where the wealthy club teams win all the titles and where the wealthier and more populous countries almost always win international competitions, I'm hesitant to implement changes that give wealthier teams another advantage. But I still feel like they could increase the number of substitutions without ruining the game. After all, it seems to work in NCAA soccer.

One reform that I really wish they would implement is eliminating penalty shootouts and using some form of lacrosse overtime rules: Every 10 minutes of overtime, both sides have to send two players off the field (or something like that). The idea is that once there are sufficiently few players on the field, somebody is going to score. Not only would it eliminate the random often unfair penalty shootouts, but it would encourage fair play. An 11-to-10 advantage after losing a player is tough but can be overcome. But a 5-to-4 advantage would be almost insurmountable. Plus it would be a ton of fun to watch.

QuackAttackAggie wrote:

StanfordAggie wrote:

QuackAttackAggie wrote: ↑

November 10th, 2023, 10:48 pm

AGGIEinIOWA wrote:

Gidbob wrote:

AGGIEinIOWA wrote: ↑

November 10th, 2023, 8:49 pm

This was the first full soccer game I’ve watched in a long time. I don’t don’t watch much soccer and only watched tonight because it was my Aggies and it was a meaningful game. I’d like to pose a question. What can be done to make soccer more enjoyable to watch? I played plenty of soccer as a kid and appreciate the skill and endurance it requires, but man is it boring to watch and the outcome is unnecessarily random at times. Here are a few proposals to make the sport more exciting:

1) Smaller field and use less players
2) Allow on-the-fly substitutions like hockey and lacrosse
3) Eliminate offsides. Eliminating the 2 line pass call in hockey helped increase scoring in the NHL.
4) Use 2 balls at once. Would be exciting but make camera man’s job a challenge! lol
5) Add a 2 pt shot (from outside the box). PLL did that for professional lacrosse.

Any other ideas?

There's no chance any of these ever get implemented, and idk how to say it nicely, but they're bad ideas. Watching higher levels helps, but honestly the sports we enjoy watching are very much a product of our culture for most of us. People from countries that like soccer (that includes a ton of countries haha) can't stand the commercial breaks in American sports. But implementing these ideas would cause backlash even worse than the super league they tried a couple years ago.

lol, I knew I’d get this response from some traditionalists/purists. I’m sure if I was more of a regular fan I’d appreciate the nuances of the game more. I do think sports should evolve over time and rule changes are part of that. The 3 pt shot and collapsable rims revolutionized basketball. Some of the recent changes MLB has implemented, such as the pitch clock, has been heaven sent for making baseball better for the spectators. Now only if we could get the NFL to adopt some of the CFL rules.

Subs are already really liberal in college. You can come back in the game even after getting subbed and there's no limit to how many you get.


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I believe the rule in NCAA soccer is that you can leave the bench to come onto the field once per half. In other words, if you start the half on the bench and come into the game and get subbed out, they can't sub you back in until the next half. And if you are a starter for the half, they can sub you out and then sub you back in once, but only once. So it's not quite unlimited substitutions, but pretty close.

Honestly, I kind of do like the idea of liberalizing the substitution rules. You can basically do hockey-style substitutions in NCAA where you field an entirely different team, and I think that makes the game more interesting. The problem is that this gives an enormous advantage to teams with a deeper bench. Analytics types say that coaches in top leagues/international soccer should be using all five substitutions every game and using them much earlier in the game than they do. The advantage of fresh legs is not obvious to observers (even coaches and players), but it is very apparent to advanced analytics. In a sport where the wealthy club teams win all the titles and where the wealthier and more populous countries almost always win international competitions, I'm hesitant to implement changes that give wealthier teams another advantage. But I still feel like they could increase the number of substitutions without ruining the game. After all, it seems to work in NCAA soccer.

One reform that I really wish they would implement is eliminating penalty shootouts and using some form of lacrosse overtime rules: Every 10 minutes of overtime, both sides have to send two players off the field (or something like that). The idea is that once there are sufficiently few players on the field, somebody is going to score. Not only would it eliminate the random often unfair penalty shootouts, but it would encourage fair play. An 11-to-10 advantage after losing a player is tough but can be overcome. But a 5-to-4 advantage would be almost insurmountable. Plus it would be a ton of fun to watch.

You get one sub per player in the first half but unlimited subs in the second half in college.


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StanfordAggie wrote: ↑

November 12th, 2023, 10:43 pm

shoresy wrote: ↑

November 11th, 2023, 11:59 pm

QuackAttackAggie wrote:

StanfordAggie wrote:

QuackAttackAggie wrote: ↑

November 10th, 2023, 10:48 pm

AGGIEinIOWA wrote:

Gidbob wrote:

AGGIEinIOWA wrote: ↑

November 10th, 2023, 8:49 pm

This was the first full soccer game I’ve watched in a long time. I don’t don’t watch much soccer and only watched tonight because it was my Aggies and it was a meaningful game. I’d like to pose a question. What can be done to make soccer more enjoyable to watch? I played plenty of soccer as a kid and appreciate the skill and endurance it requires, but man is it boring to watch and the outcome is unnecessarily random at times. Here are a few proposals to make the sport more exciting:

1) Smaller field and use less players
2) Allow on-the-fly substitutions like hockey and lacrosse
3) Eliminate offsides. Eliminating the 2 line pass call in hockey helped increase scoring in the NHL.
4) Use 2 balls at once. Would be exciting but make camera man’s job a challenge! lol
5) Add a 2 pt shot (from outside the box). PLL did that for professional lacrosse.

Any other ideas?

There's no chance any of these ever get implemented, and idk how to say it nicely, but they're bad ideas. Watching higher levels helps, but honestly the sports we enjoy watching are very much a product of our culture for most of us. People from countries that like soccer (that includes a ton of countries haha) can't stand the commercial breaks in American sports. But implementing these ideas would cause backlash even worse than the super league they tried a couple years ago.

lol, I knew I’d get this response from some traditionalists/purists. I’m sure if I was more of a regular fan I’d appreciate the nuances of the game more. I do think sports should evolve over time and rule changes are part of that. The 3 pt shot and collapsable rims revolutionized basketball. Some of the recent changes MLB has implemented, such as the pitch clock, has been heaven sent for making baseball better for the spectators. Now only if we could get the NFL to adopt some of the CFL rules.

Subs are already really liberal in college. You can come back in the game even after getting subbed and there's no limit to how many you get.


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I believe the rule in NCAA soccer is that you can leave the bench to come onto the field once per half. In other words, if you start the half on the bench and come into the game and get subbed out, they can't sub you back in until the next half. And if you are a starter for the half, they can sub you out and then sub you back in once, but only once. So it's not quite unlimited substitutions, but pretty close.

Honestly, I kind of do like the idea of liberalizing the substitution rules. You can basically do hockey-style substitutions in NCAA where you field an entirely different team, and I think that makes the game more interesting. The problem is that this gives an enormous advantage to teams with a deeper bench. Analytics types say that coaches in top leagues/international soccer should be using all five substitutions every game and using them much earlier in the game than they do. The advantage of fresh legs is not obvious to observers (even coaches and players), but it is very apparent to advanced analytics. In a sport where the wealthy club teams win all the titles and where the wealthier and more populous countries almost always win international competitions, I'm hesitant to implement changes that give wealthier teams another advantage. But I still feel like they could increase the number of substitutions without ruining the game. After all, it seems to work in NCAA soccer.

One reform that I really wish they would implement is eliminating penalty shootouts and using some form of lacrosse overtime rules: Every 10 minutes of overtime, both sides have to send two players off the field (or something like that). The idea is that once there are sufficiently few players on the field, somebody is going to score. Not only would it eliminate the random often unfair penalty shootouts, but it would encourage fair play. An 11-to-10 advantage after losing a player is tough but can be overcome. But a 5-to-4 advantage would be almost insurmountable. Plus it would be a ton of fun to watch.

You get one sub per player in the first half but unlimited subs in the second half in college.


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No. You get one sub per player in the first half, and one re-entry per player in the second.

In other words, once you sub out in the first half, you’re done. Sub out in the second half, you can come back in once.

Interesting. My source for my claim above was a friend who was an NCAA soccer player in the early 2000's. I'm not sure if they changed the rule or even she didn't know that the rule only applied to the second half.

trevordude wrote: ↑

November 10th, 2023, 7:52 pm

Outclassed tonight, but great season

Coloraggie wrote: ↑

November 13th, 2023, 4:07 pm

I think I could go for the eliminating offsides and I think many fans would too. The main reason fans would go for it is the current offsides rules are so arbitrarily enforced and when they have to go to replay to decide if I player was an inch past another or not it seems ridiculous. Teams can still defend a player who is offsides and most teams wouldn't just send a guy down to sit in front of the other goal. It would be great. A 2-pt shot might be cool too but it would have to be further out than the box and I'm still not sure about it. Otherwise, I'm not keen on the other three ideas.

Gidbob wrote:

Coloraggie wrote: ↑

November 13th, 2023, 4:07 pm

I think I could go for the eliminating offsides and I think many fans would too. The main reason fans would go for it is the current offsides rules are so arbitrarily enforced and when they have to go to replay to decide if I player was an inch past another or not it seems ridiculous. Teams can still defend a player who is offsides and most teams wouldn't just send a guy down to sit in front of the other goal. It would be great. A 2-pt shot might be cool too but it would have to be further out than the box and I'm still not sure about it. Otherwise, I'm not keen on the other three ideas.

Eliminating offside would only happen in a gimmicky American league like what MLS was in its early days. There's been talk about changing it to the attacking player needing to be entirely ahead of the last defender for it to be called. There would still be close calls under that system, but it would significantly favor attacking players compared to the current rule, while staying true to the spirit of the law by preventing cherry picking. Dropping it entirely is way too drastic of a change to catch on outside of a gimmicky American league context. As are all the other ideas.

AGGIEinIOWA wrote: ↑

November 13th, 2023, 7:22 pm

Gidbob wrote:

Coloraggie wrote: ↑

November 13th, 2023, 4:07 pm

I think I could go for the eliminating offsides and I think many fans would too. The main reason fans would go for it is the current offsides rules are so arbitrarily enforced and when they have to go to replay to decide if I player was an inch past another or not it seems ridiculous. Teams can still defend a player who is offsides and most teams wouldn't just send a guy down to sit in front of the other goal. It would be great. A 2-pt shot might be cool too but it would have to be further out than the box and I'm still not sure about it. Otherwise, I'm not keen on the other three ideas.

Eliminating offside would only happen in a gimmicky American league like what MLS was in its early days. There's been talk about changing it to the attacking player needing to be entirely ahead of the last defender for it to be called. There would still be close calls under that system, but it would significantly favor attacking players compared to the current rule, while staying true to the spirit of the law by preventing cherry picking. Dropping it entirely is way too drastic of a change to catch on outside of a gimmicky American league context. As are all the other ideas.

What’s wrong with gimmicky American rules? The NFL is a gimmicky American game and it’s plenty popular here. Who cares about the rest of the world! And who needs metric anyway!!! ;-)