Willthiswork wrote:If anyone is offside then they should be called up if they are active or not, that would solve any issues.
Quite.
Those who run the game seem to have a fetish for tinkering with the laws of the game.
Some ideas, goal nets, goalkeepers not being able to handle a back pass are good.
Some ideas, kick offs being allowed to go backwards are utterly pointless.
And some ideas, the complicating of off side damage the game.
If you are in the opposition half, closer to the goal line than less than two opposition players and in front of the ball, you are offside.
The only exception I would make is that if you are in an onside position when you receive the ball and take the ball closer to the goal than two opposition players, you will remain onside if you play the ball backwards, unless or until you receive the ball again whilst still in an offside position.
You need that exception to allow for a player crossing from the byline to not be offside.