- Jan 27, 2011
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My problem with the offside law/ technology is that it is searching offside (penalising the attacker), when in fact it would be better served if it searched for the player to be onside (supporting the attacker)Why does VAR measure from the armpit of a player for offside when their head is beyond the last defender and they are attempting to attack the ball with their head?
It gives an unfair advantage to the attacking team, because they are facing goal (allowing their legs and head to be closer to the goal than their torso / armpit), while the defenders have their backs to goal (head cannot be closer to the goal than their torso).
Take the Newcastle check. Part of the attackers body is in line with part of a defenders body. Therefore level ergo onside. But equally countless others last season would have been (rightly) allowed (think Son v Leicester).