Could you ELI5 why removing offsides would decrease scores?

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Jun 14, 2018
8:46:00am

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CB PSA: The World Cup is starting. Those who are NOT soccer fans can

Mister P

6/14/18 8:12am

biggest complaint is playing 90+ minutes of one game and then to break the tie

smokymountainrain

6/14/18 8:14am

120 minutes actually. In the knockout rounds, if it is a tie after 90 minutes

Ute in DC

6/14/18 8:16am

okay, that makes it even worse, but i appreciate the correction.

smokymountainrain

6/14/18 8:18am

This is a perfectly acceptable topic of debate.

Mister P

6/14/18 8:18am

so you're a good guesser. that's great!

smokymountainrain

6/14/18 8:19am

Have you ever participated in a shootout yourself?

supertux

6/14/18 8:22am

no but i've seen the goalie jump the completely opposite direction the ball

smokymountainrain

6/14/18 8:23am

That's all I needed to know.

supertux

6/14/18 8:23am

Scott Sterling???

stirmac

6/14/18 11:50am

Yes, I agree, but it's structural flaws lead to that secondary flaw.

JmThms

6/14/18 1:09pm

I would respond with two points (including one possible alternative solution):

Machiavelli

6/14/18 1:51pm

Yes I like the taking players off at intervals. I think hockey does that.

JmThms

6/14/18 9:12pm

Nominated - POTD

A Man in Full

6/14/18 8:15am

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Cretin

6/14/18 8:20am

This is a CB feature post encouraging people to use the categories

Mister P

6/14/18 8:21am

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Cretin

6/14/18 8:24am

Wrong category.

byubyu

6/14/18 8:21am

No it's not

Mister P

6/14/18 8:21am

Yes it is. Someone who wants to ignore your poor country "sporting" event which

byubyu

6/14/18 8:28am

Tell me honestly, have you turned off the soccer categories?

Mister P

6/14/18 8:30am

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Cretin

6/14/18 8:34am

Sticky this post El Jefe!

TADOW

6/14/18 8:21am

Go USA!

fortysixn3

6/14/18 8:23am

What about the deceitful and embarrassing flopping that calls the integrity of

Countcougula

6/14/18 8:23am

RE: What about the deceitful and embarrassing flopping that calls the integrity

Mister P

6/14/18 8:24am

There's nothing worse than soccer flopping

Vincent's Picks

6/14/18 8:44am

Soccer is the poor country "sport." I have no need for it.

LaVellIfIKnow

6/14/18 8:26am

Despite the fact that non poor countries such as England and Germany are soccer

JmThms

6/14/18 1:24pm

Soccer is for people who suck at all other sports.

Mr. Belding

6/14/18 8:29am

That's fair.

Mister P

6/14/18 8:31am

Baseball sucks and is for people too unathletic to run.

JmThms

6/14/18 1:29pm

This is what people say when they suck at soccer

Machiavelli

6/14/18 1:53pm

I'd rather keep it in and mock... just for fun.

kotacoug

6/14/18 8:36am

Wrong category! I have the soccer categories turned off for a reason.

bushy7

6/14/18 8:44am

Exactly. Guy saying turn off soccer category in non soccer category is ironic

Shore10

6/14/18 3:55pm

Could you ELI5 why removing offsides would decrease scores?

Defenestrator

6/14/18 8:46am

Please provide lots of charts and detailed reasoning for each ...

stirmac

6/14/18 11:49am

I agree that it seems counter-intuitive at first but I believe it's because

Machiavelli

6/14/18 1:57pm

It forces defenses to play further back.

rad dawg

6/14/18 9:49pm

Triumph tells you everything you need to know about soccer:

fortysixn3

6/14/18 8:59am

Triumph is a national treasure.

kotacoug

6/14/18 9:11am

I love the World Cup and I love the NCAA tournament. But for me when BYU doesn’t

Incentivize

6/14/18 9:25am

Start giving consistent yellow cards for flopping.

displacedute

6/14/18 11:21am

It uglies the sport just like it does basketball

Belboz

6/14/18 12:29pm

Agree 100%. The NBA did something about it, and it's improved a little.

displacedute

6/14/18 12:39pm

Love soccer and the world cup, but the goals should absolutely be much bigger...

ArchbishopMitty

6/14/18 12:32pm

Lol I don't think the size of the goals are the design flaw in soccer.

JmThms

6/14/18 9:23pm

how would eliminating offsides lower scoring?

byuwahoo

6/14/18 1:43pm

Someone else asked the same question a few posts above; I offered my thoughts

Machiavelli

6/14/18 1:58pm

yeah, I don't get that claim at all. Teams would hunker down and play defense?

ArchbishopMitty

6/14/18 2:49pm

Is it true that in soccer you can have 11 players on defense (including goalie)

powerbait

6/15/18 9:24am

decided to look at a youtube clip. There were 11 defenders and 7 offensive

powerbait

6/15/18 9:27am

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