FIFA Will Trial Arsene Wenger's New Offside Rules: Should MLS sign up?

Leagues / Tournaments that can afford this "limb-tracking technology for semi-automated offside decisions" will use it.


3 types

1. Leagues that use both VAR and this "semi-automated offside decisions system"

2. Leagues that use VAR but not the semi-automated offside decisions system.

3. Leagues that don't use VAR or semi-automated offside at all.


How many leagues use goal-line technology nowaday?
Only a few.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goal-line_technology

In July 2012, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) officially approved the use of goal line technology, amending the Laws of the Game to permit (but not require) its use.

Due to its expense, goal-line technology is only used at the highest levels of the game. Goal-line technology is currently used in the top European domestic leagues, and at major international competitions such as, since 2014, the Men's and Women's FIFA World Cups.

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In April 2013, MLS commissioner Don Garber confirmed that MLS would not adopt goal-line technology for the 2014 season, citing cost as the overriding factor. GoalControl installation would cost about $260,000 per stadium, and a further $3,900 for each game.

 

Goal Line Technology





World Cup 2014 France goal with goal-line technology

 

A bit RADICAL suggestion from Van Basten (FIFA will never adopt)

https://www.football-italia.net/168259/van-basten-scrap-offside-rule

Milan legend Marco van Basten insists ‘football would be better without’ any offside rule at all, which would also resolve the VAR controversy.

While there have been suggestions from Arsene Wenger to adjust the offside rule, or even create some sort of buffer to give VAR more leeway when disallowing goals for the tiniest of margins, Van Basten goes a more explosive route.

“I am still very curious about the offside rule because I am convinced that it is not a good rule,” the Dutch star told Sky Sports UK.

“At least I would like to trial it to show that football is also possible without the offside rule. I am convinced that football would be better without it.

“Football is a fantastic game but I still think that we have to do much more to make it better, more spectacular, more interesting, more exciting. We have to work on that.”




https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/...at-football-needs-in-the-age-of-var-6gdp98t38

Is ‘Wenger’s law’ on offside what football needs in the age of VAR?

 

https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/news/wenger-we-want-to-make-the-game-more-spectacular

Wenger joined FIFA as Chief of Global Football Development in 2019, and he is also a member of the Football and Technical Advisory Panels involved in The IFAB’s potential changes to the Laws of the Game.

As always, 'Le Professeur brought some fascinating insights. “We want to help make the game more spectacular, quicker and more enjoyable to watch, and to play as well,” he said. “It is the most popular sport in the world at the moment … but to stand still would be bad.”

 

https://www.strawpoll.me/45194826

More goals per match: 128 votes (86%)
Less goals per match: 21 votes (14%)

Current Offside Rule: The law states that a player is in an offside position if any of their body parts, except the hands and arms, are in the opponents' half of the pitch, and closer to the opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent (the last opponent is usually, but not necessarily, the goalkeeper)

New offside Rule (Wenger offside rule) that FIFA is trialing: You're onside if any part of your body you can play the ball with is inline with the defender.

An Example:



This is currently offside but it would be onside with the new offside rule. The attacker scored the goal by the way. Got called offside.


This rule change is not about VAR.

It's about FIFA wanting to have more attacking football.

FIFA president:

"We have been seeing that maybe we can think about a new law which allows a bit more attack in football.

"And Arsene Wenger presented to us today as well what this could look like and obviously, in summary, it is if the attacking player is ahead of the last defender, or second-last player, but still with one part of the body that can score inline with the defender.

"So it is giving the attacking player a bit more room and so favouring attacking football. Obviously such a change would need to be tested. We have to see what kind of impact this will have on the game - if positive, if negative.

 

Offside rules intend to prevent players from “goal-hanging” – staying near the opponent's goal and waiting for the ball to be passed to then directly score a goal. This was considered to be unsportsmanlike and make the game boring. In contrast, the offside rules force players not to get ahead of the ball, and thus favour dribbling the ball and short passes over few long passes.

This new offside rule prevent goal-hanging just as well as the old offside rules.


Some media coverage regarding this new offside rule that FIFA is trialing in the lower league of Chinese football.




This report gives more details about the evolution of offside and this new offside rule



In 1990, IFAB declared that an attacker level with the second-last defender is onside, whereas previously such a player had been considered offside. This change, proposed by the Scottish FA, was made in order to "encourage the attacking team" by "giving the attacking player an advantage over the defender.

This result in an increase in goals per match for English First Division

1989-1990: 2.59 goals per match
1990-1991: 2.76 goals per match