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	Offside law (football) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A player in an offside position is only committing an offside offence if, "at the moment the ball touches or is played by one of his team", the player is in the referee's opinion involved in active play by: interfering with play; interfering with an opponent; or gaining an advantage by being in that position.
		Gaining an advantage by being in an offside position means playing a ball that rebounds to him off a post or crossbar or playing a ball that rebounds to him off an opponent having been in an offside position.
		One of the best-known defenders to employ the offside trap was Billy McCracken of Newcastle United.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Offside_law_(football) (1173 words)

	Offside (rugby) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Offside rules in (additional info and facts about Rugby Union) Rugby Union are particularly complex to the casual observer.
		A defending player is offside if he is closer than 10m to the play-the-ball (or, if the play-the-ball is inside his 10m line, closer to it than the try-line is) when the ball is played.
		An attacking player is offside if he is in front of the ball: if he is in front of a ball which is then kicked, he can be put onside if the kicker subsequently moves ahead of him before the ball is caught.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/of/offside_(rugby).htm (361 words)

	offside rule (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		An offside (formerly off-side) rule is a part of many field sports, including most versions of football and ice hockey.
		In general, such a rule makes it an offence to join the action from too far upfield and to gain an advantage by loitering in the vicinity of an opponent's goal in the hope of a long ball.
		The offside rule in field hockey was eliminated in 1996.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /offside_rule.html (192 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The Offside Rule in Football
		Offside - Infraction in which an attacking player is closer to his opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second last defender when the ball is played by a member of the attacking team.
		To be in an offside position means that there are less than two members of the other team between you and their goal when you are in their half of the pitch, at the precise moment that a member of your team plays the ball, if you are ahead of the ball at that moment.
		To sum up, an attacking player is deemed offside if he is ahead of the ball and the second last defender (including the goal keeper) and in the opponent's half of the field when the pass is played, and he is actively involved in play.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A733600 (625 words)

	Offside rule (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		An offside (formerly off-side) rule is a part of many sports including most versions of football and ice hockey.
		In general such a rule makes it offence to join the action from too upfield and to gain an advantage by in the vicinity of an opponent's goal the hope of a long ball.
		The offside rule in field hockey was in 1996.
	www.freeglossary.com /Offside_rule (626 words)

	Offside Rule Explained - Offside Trap, Football, Soccer
		For any offside offence, the referee awards an indirect free kick to the opposing team to be taken from the place where the infringement occurred.
		This is offside because the red number 10 is in front of all of the defenders, leaving only the goalkeeper back which isn't enough players to play him onside.
		The offside rule exists to stop goal hanging, where a player stands next to the opposing teams goal keeper in the hope that someone can get the ball to him (probably using a long ball), so he can get it past the goal keeper.
	www.incywincy.com /default?catid=468954&cached=www.burtrandworld.co.uk/offside-rule.php (525 words)

	Encyclopaedia Morningtonia: Offside Rule (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Offside rule is one of the most basic rules of Mornington Crescent, and one of the first most people learn.
		Offside was introduced to the Game in the early 18th Century and has never been repealed.
		The true reason that the Offside Rule has been kept in the ruleset all this time - indeed, the major reason for its introduction - is to limit the choice of opening moves.
	kevan.org /morningtonia?Offside_Rule (175 words)

	Offside - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A rule that is used in a number of field sports to regulate aspects of player positioning.
		Rugby union and rugby league: see Offside (rugby).
		The off-side rule, which describes an interpretation for indentation in some computer programming languages.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Offside_rule (166 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The Offside Rule in Football - A727337
		Offside: Infraction in which an attacking player does not have at least two defensive players between himself and the goal line when the ball is played forward by a member of the attacking team.
		To be in an offside position means that there are less than two members of the other team between you and their goal when you are in their half of the pitch, at the moment a member of your team kicks the ball, if it's heading in the direction of their goal line.
		So, to sum up, an attacking player is deemed offside if he is ahead of the last two defenders (including the goal keeper) and in the opponent’s half of the field when the pass is played in his direction.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/alabaster/A727337 (716 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
		However a player will be ruled offside if they are nearer to their opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second last opponent.
		And a player in an offside position is only penalised if, at the moment the ball touches or is played by one of his team, he is, in the opinion of the referee, involved by: interfering with play; interfering with an opponent or gaining an advantage by being in that position.
		Rather the offside rule, as established from the very outset by the forefathers of the game, needs to be simplified in order to get more people to agree on one and the same thing.
	www.fifa.com /en/history/index/0,1284,102303,00.html?articleid=102303 (629 words)

	Moyes hits out at offside rule
		The new rule, which states that a player may stand anywhere on the pitch as long as he does not interfere with play, has led to some questionable tactics from managers, not least Bolton supremo Sam Allardyce.
		Allardyce instructed his players to stand well inside the six-yard box at set-pieces, some 10 yards behind the last defender, and back-track towards the halfway line as soon as the kick was taken - all meant to confuse the goalkeeper and defence.
		The new rule was brought into effect this season, but has arrived without much clarification from FIFA, causing confusion between referees, players and managers.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /sport/365/football/news/2004/02/15/news_100488.html (194 words)

	The Offside Rule Explained (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Soccer was developed in England as a game for "gentlemen." The offside rule was developed to prevent players from "camping out" in front of the opponent's goal mouth and scoring goals when the goalkeeper isn't nearby and without doing any running, dribbling, or other soccer moves.
		Being offside was considered a form of cheating.
		But, if a pass is made to you when there are not at least two opponents (e.g., the goalkeeper and another defender) between you and the goal you are attacking, the referee will blow his whistle and raise his arm straight up in the air.
	www.sayso.org /offside.html (192 words)

	Rule (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Firouzehfar thought that the offside rule was neither adequate nor fair in a game as for the execution of the offside rule, one half of the football ground is very large.
		A player is not in an offside position if he is in his own half of the field of play,if he is level with the second last opponent and if he is level with the last two opponents.
		Separation of offside causes linesmen to act carefully and move speedily and to perform their duties according to regulations and like before they can report the fouls to the referee.
	www.offside-rules.com (694 words)

	funny-haha.co.uk - Joke: The Offside Rule
		Definition 3 : A player is offside if they are nearer to the opponent's goal line than both the ball and the second last player - except on alternate Saturdays when in addition the second last player must be facing in the opposite goals direction in which the ball is directed.
		A player is not offside if they are in their own half of the field, or they are level with the second last opponent, or the player, opponent and referee form a triangle as perceived by an imaginary linesmen positioned on the Celestial Meridian.
		All offside regulations are immediately found to be in favour of the defending team if shortly after the ball is played they all stop, in unison, and raise their right arm to the linesman and appeal for an offside decision.
	www.funny-haha.co.uk /Joke.asp?J=713 (218 words)

	Offside rule is too complex for the human eye - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		Offside rule is too complex for the human eye
		The offside rule is just too complex for the brain and eye to process accurately and only TV cameras and stop-motion pictures can do the job properly, it says in the forthcoming edition of the BMJ.
		If football wants to keep to its present offside rule and avoid controversy, it is best advised to bring in freeze-frame TV and frame-by-frame analysis during the game, it says.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /sports/html/20041217T200000-0500_71623_OBS_OFFSIDE_RULE_IS_TOO_COMPLEX_FOR_THE_HUMAN_EYE.asp (257 words)

	BigSoccer Boards - FIFA scraps the offside rule
		The point is that, because of this new 'clarification', the rule is so complicated that it implies that we can know what is in someone's mind when they play a ball forward and when they make a run.
		The point is that these rules are being made by people who have never played the game at any level at all or, at least, not for a hell of a long time.
		If, as you appear to be implying, the ref did not blow for offside on the basis that he is not interfering with play, then he is useless up there anyway as he cannot touch the ball or even move to do so.
	www.bigsoccer.com /forum/printthread.php?t=94672 (1799 words)

	USLFans.com -- For the Fans, By the Fans
		The offside rule is one of the most difficult for newcomers to the game to understand, the most challenging for line judges to call correctly and the most obvious for an inebriated fan in the farthest reaches of the stadium to identify.
		The difficulty with the offside rule is that it’s purely subjective.
		Bottom line, the offside rule, when enforced, will almost always call into question the visual acuity, mental clarity and parental lineage of the poor linesman who raised the flag.
	www.a-league.com /Stuckart/stuckart,2005,0602-3.shtml (505 words)

	The Official Forum - can offside rule be made easier and better?
		With all the player movement and congestion so close to the goal, and the ball sometimes being played in quick succession by two or more players, and the keeper hidden in the middle, this can be difficult for the assistant to call accurately from the touchline 30 to 40 yards away.
		That would make offside a lot easier to call as an AR would only have to be concerned with 35 yards of field for offside instead of 120 on a max layout.
		Eliminating the offside rule would result in a large increase in garbage goals collected by big, strong players who just camp out in front of the goal waiting for the ball to come to them (which is pretty much what the three-second rule in basketball was designed to prevent).
	www.officialforum.com /showthread.php?postid=172491 (1661 words)

	BigSoccer Boards - How to fix the offside rule
		Under my modification of the rule, a player wouldn't be in an offside position until his whole body, flailing arms and legs included, is beyond the defender.
		In a Reuters news article, FIFA redefines offside rule to promote more goals, Reuters summaries the interpretation thus: "In effect, they mean players who do not touch the ball or directly block the vision or movement of an opponent will not be ruled offside.
		I don't think there is a problem with the rule, the issue comes from parents/coaches/players either not understanding it, not having the view the AR has (which is the best one if he's in position), and not looking for the offside position until after it has happened.
	www.bigsoccer.com /forum/printthread.php?t=105850 (3222 words)

	TheStar.com - Offside rule just madness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The rule as it exists today is this: an attacking player must be level or behind the last defender at the moment when the ball is passed to him.
		A change in 2003-04 allowed an attacking player to be in an offside position as long as he was not "actively involved" in the play.
		A player shall still be deemed offside if he hinders an opponent, either by interfering with a defender or blocking a goalkeeper's line of sight.
	www.thestar.com /NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1123105811341&call_pageid=968867503640&col=970081593064&t=TS_Home (641 words)

	Soccer Rules
		Soccer rules, rules of soccer, youth soccer rules, soccer rule and soccer offside rule.
		Soccer rules for fouls, offside, soccer field terms and soccer age rules are described.
		The official soccer rules are called the "Laws of the Game" and are revised annually (usually in July) by FIFA (pronounced "FEE' fuh"), the world soccer governing body, but youth organizations usually adjust the rules to fit children.
	www.soccerhelp.com /Soccer_Rules.shtml (672 words)

	The NCAA News: News & Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		When the rule was in effect, a player was considered offside if she received the ball from a teammate and was inside the opponent's 25-yard scoring area, in front of the ball and nearer the back line than two opposing players.
		During the first year of the no-offside rule, the number of goals on average in championships play was 5.54.
		Divisions II and III were tentative at first about the rule change, primarily because it was believed that scoring within the circle requires better stick work from the 16-yard distance, and Division I programs have the advantage of smoother playing surfaces or even artificial turf.
	www.ncaa.org /news/1998/19981012/active/3534n10.html (1140 words)

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		In 1863, the English Football Association introduced an offside rule stating that "any player in front of the kicker was offside and unable to play the ball".
		This offside rule resulted in football becoming a dribbling game and it became difficult to score.
		Thus in 1925 the offside law was again modified so that only two players were required, not three, to be nearer the goalline when the ball was kicked.
	www.soccerperformance.org /training/evolofplaysyst.htm (364 words)

	Serebella Contents Offside rule---Ogata Ken (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		It uses material from the Wiktionary page "Rule".
		Noun rule of thumb (plural: rules of thumb)
		In road traffic usage, the side of a vehicle or draught animal away from the kerb (or "nearside"), as in "an offside turn, i.e.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/contains-320176-320223-Offside_rule-Ogata_Ken.html (95 words)

	MLSnet.com - About - Rules
		The offside rule is simple in theory, difficult to implement in practice, and the source of untold frustration among fans.
		If the offside attacker is interfering with the play in any way (such as blocking the path of an opponent) or otherwise gaining an advantage by being in an offside position (receiving the ball with a clear path to goalkeeper, for example), then an infraction has occurred and the play is stopped.
		Whenever play is stopped due to an offside offense, the referee awards an indirect free kick to the defending team from the spot where the offense occurred (i.e., where the offside player was located when the ball was played forward).
	www.mlsnet.com /MLS/about/rules.jsp?rule=11 (373 words)

	Soccer Offside Rule in The AnswerBank: Sport
		A player is in an offside position if they are in their opponents half, in front of the ball and there are not at least 2 opposition players in line or in front of him/her.
		Also you can't be offside if you're in your own half when the ball is played or if the ball doesn't travel at all forwards, e.g.
		So, potentially, the opposition won't know whether or not a player is offside until it's too late, as the assistant ref won't raise his flag until the guy in an offside position has made contact with the ball.
	www.theanswerbank.co.uk /Sport/Question124766.html (617 words)

	The offside rule: or the most complicated thing in football
		Forget about being from Mars or Venus, the biggest difference between men and women is their ability to comprehend the offside rule.
		If a player is declared offside, the referee will award an indirect free kick to be taken by the opposing team from the place where the offside occurred.
		Offside will be judged from the moment the ball is played, NOT when the player receives the ball.
	www.ivillage.co.uk /dietandfitness/getfit/sportsacts/articles/0,,258_186543,00.html (339 words)

	Interpreting the offside rule
		Following the various discussions in the media over the weekend it is clear that there are a range of misunderstandings concerning the Offside Law and its application on the field of play at all levels of the game.
		A player is in an offside position if he is nearer to his opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second last opponent.
		That is why it is important to concentrate on the body and the feet and decide whether attacking players are nearer their opponents goal line in which case they are in an offside position - or level with the opponents and not in an offside position.
	www.football-results.org /referee/offside.html (950 words)

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