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@TJFsports @SheaSerrano Keeping the clock running and adding on time to make up for significant delays is just easier and more then enough precision if the last attack is gonna be allowed to play out anyway.

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@haslametrics Great idea if you wanna massively benefit ultra-defensive teams. Instead of having to withstand a dominant teams pressure for minutes on end you only have to manage it for 24 seconds at a time before they are essentially forced to punt it to you and give you a break.

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@ussoccerfeed The run-up penalties unfortunately have one big weakness: its very likely the attacker and goalkeeper physically clash at pretty high speeds and its entirely feasable that teams would employ dirty tactics and try to sneakily injure the keeper on the early tries

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@shhhbreslin 9 vs. 9 or even 7 vs. 7.
after already playing for over 2 hours would be a horrible injury factory.

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@AlexiLalas Hydration breaks have been a thing for about 10 years, at the discretion of the ref but usually agreed upon before the game if temperatures are high

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@gov_fails Its not an American thing, these rule 'suggestions' are brought up by most novice or casual fans everywhere all the time. But Americans seem to be exceptionally confident in them, I'll grant you that.

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@TheWheelAJM @USMNT @FIFAWorldCup @FIFAcom Offside is not a "blown coverage", it is the result of GOOD defending. Having the awareness and timing to shift forward at just the right time as to catch an attacker offside is one of the main skills that make a really good defender.

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@noamscheiber Since there is time added on for significant delays and the last attack is allowed to play out anyway, exact timekeeping would just complicate things for no gain. Otoh, the offside would be complicated by building a tolerance into it. Its pure pragmatism in both cases

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@LukeAmos__ But it would be an entirely different game. Kinda like if American Football got rid of tries and first downs altogether and instead allowed teams unlimited forward passes from anywhere. That also sounds fun to watch.

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@ShayGri @OregonHomer Also tried it again in the 90s iirc. The hockey-style penalties had some potential and are still occasionally proposed today (would especially make sense for a dogso outside the box), but otherwise nothing stuck around.

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@LukeAmos__ Also since defenders cant deter attackers from getting a head start past them through the offside rule they would have to physically block them so we'd get a lot of constant borderline legal wrestling and potentially tons of goals ruled out because somewhere it was too much

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@LukeAmos__ Most likely it wound devolve into two seperate 5 vs. 5 games on both ends of the pitch and the ball gets punted between them when the defending team wins the ball. Maybe towards the end of the game teams split their players unevenly for extreme attack/defense

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@dazi180turtle Devoid of good teams when it has Argentina, England and Brazil in it?

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@KineticSZN @TheTyJager Just as the offside line is objectively set at any point of a soccer game and its on the attacker to stay aware of it and not be caught in an offside position. Thats one of the qualities that make a good player.

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@jwadex3 @TheTyJager And soccer players can look at the ball and opponents anytime to see where the offside line is

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@4ourmanrush But not nearly every offside in soccer gets checked like this, only (with a few rare exceptions) after a goal is scored and a possible offside so close VAR needs more than a few seconds to have a look at it happens maybe once every 5-10 games on average.

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@JKap415 Because the fundamental rules are supposed to be the same from the World Cup all the way down to the lowest amateur league. And there "implement exact timekeeping" becomes a totally unneccesary complication for honestly no real gain.

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@AugursNFT VAR did not cancel it. The refs called it offside on the field and were proven correct.

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@mbeisen - Also it would give a tangible competitive advantage to super-rich teams who can afford to stuff a room full of video analysts who do "internal VAR" on every scene within 10-15 seconds and tell the coach if it's worth it

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@mbeisen Brings a whole lot of issues with it:
- How long do coaches have to throw challenge?
- If it's 'until game restarts' that motivates teams to restart quickly or waste time depending on what side of a tricky decision they find themselves