I think this would probably be covered by unsporting behaviour or dangerous play.
There might be some stuff that would consider the ball out of play in this scenario too as no specific player has possession, but that might be a stretch
As far as I know it's dangerous play, because you'd be making it impossible for anyone to challenge the ball without things getting dangerous. You're supposed to defend the ball by using your athleticism to fend off your opponents, not by using medieval battlefield tactics to force a siege.
Yeah, this is coming, whether you like it or not. Anyone opposed is just regressive and afraid of trying new things and learning new tools. Probably shitty player anyway and scared they won't be able win matches anymore with their mediocre skills in this new world of siege-powered footie.
Esta entrada fue editada (martes, 2 de junio de 2026, 11:51)
I think you would be pretty shocked to see sumo champions next to NFL linemen. They weigh about the same, but the NFL players are 3-4 inches taller on average.
Exactly the opposite. Offsite means it is illegal to pass the ball to a player behind the last defender and instead you must walk the ball around said last defender. This tactic is all walking and zero passing so offsite never applies.
Instead its illegal because you are holding the ball. Every move where the ball is stuck for more than like a second is a foul.
Once you (puck/ball first) cross the line (midfield in soccer, blue line in hockey) you're free to pass it to your teammate, plenty easy to take advantage of them being off guard without being offsides
Yeah, I have similar feelings about hockey. Your team’s offense can’t be in front of the puck until it is on the opposing team’s side of the rink. Which functionally means you can’t pass the puck forwards to the offense, because they can’t be on offense until after the puck has crossed the center line.
The defense was caught with their pants down, because the opposing team managed to get a player behind them, and then managed to pass the puck to them? That should be egg on the defense’s face, not a penalty for the offense.
It would lead to a whistle and restart the same way you can't just sit on a ball to waste time. Not sure what the rule is called but yeah it's covered in the rules
Reminds me of the old “change one rule about a sport to make it more entertaining” thing that was popular on AskReddit for a while.
My personal rule change is that the cooler for the ice rink gets turned off ~20 minutes before a hockey game starts, and it turns into a heater instead. Anyone who has ever tried to skate on wet/melting ice knows that you just stick to it like it’s made of clay. All other rules stay the same. As the game progresses, the ice will melt more and more, until the players are basically playing water polo, with like six inches of water on the concrete subfloor.
I would like to add a rule, if the game goes long then all the hockey sticks are exchanged with samurai swords at the discretion of the referee and when the samurai swords are in play then the first team to reach the zamboni can commandeer it as a combat vehicle
Offside is essential to keep the game interesting. Otherwise you just have a big dude who hangs out next to the goal all game and you just launch the ball up to that dude whenever you get possession. There's no strategy, no passing, no running with the ball, no dribbling, just launch it to the big guy.
Thus is basically the same as the, now banned, flying wedge in rugby. The manouver aparently lead to twenty two fatalities, as well as inumerable injuries, in a single year.
All players in circle immediately flop and become massively injured, near dead. Cards flicker and flash, going from yellow to red so rapidly, fans see flames and ignite their own (in the stands, just defensively, in case).
Checkmate, goally
Esta entrada fue editada (jueves, 4 de junio de 2026, 4:35)
9point6
in reply to Homo_Erectus • • •I think this would probably be covered by unsporting behaviour or dangerous play.
There might be some stuff that would consider the ball out of play in this scenario too as no specific player has possession, but that might be a stretch
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in reply to herrvogel • • •Games evolve over time. Get with it or get behind.
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LH0ezVT
in reply to hanke • • •But they don't allow siege cannons and mortars in stadiums :(
Those damn woke are taking our guns away, it is not even modern football without artillery.
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Cool!
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in reply to Brummbaer • • •Streamlining the game, I like it!
Could mean great savings for team owners. Now they only have to pay one player.
Brummbaer
in reply to hanke • • •We should also give both players cars, more efficient than running.
I'll call that Auto Polo
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_polo
Auto polo - Wikipedia
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in reply to Homo_Erectus • • •I had a similar idea for american football.
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in reply to owenfromcanada • • •I mean, surely the team with the gun wins.
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The original Comedy Central sketch show that spawned the improv group.
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in reply to Billegh • • •Exactly the opposite. Offsite means it is illegal to pass the ball to a player behind the last defender and instead you must walk the ball around said last defender. This tactic is all walking and zero passing so offsite never applies.
Instead its illegal because you are holding the ball. Every move where the ball is stuck for more than like a second is a foul.
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Unknown parent • • •Yeah, I have similar feelings about hockey. Your team’s offense can’t be in front of the puck until it is on the opposing team’s side of the rink. Which functionally means you can’t pass the puck forwards to the offense, because they can’t be on offense until after the puck has crossed the center line.
The defense was caught with their pants down, because the opposing team managed to get a player behind them, and then managed to pass the puck to them? That should be egg on the defense’s face, not a penalty for the offense.
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in reply to jpablo68 • • •hah everything with a temperature is vibrating all the time!
Sorry, bye
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in reply to gray • • •Sludgeyy
in reply to 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 • • •Depends how you define temperature.
"There's no such thing as cold"
Something at absolute zero would have zero heat.
If you define temperature as heat then it wouldn't have heat or temperature.
Kind of similar to trying to measure nothing with a ruler. It says 0. There is no length, but is 0mm still a "measurement"?
mic_check_one_two
in reply to Homo_Erectus • • •Reminds me of the old “change one rule about a sport to make it more entertaining” thing that was popular on AskReddit for a while.
My personal rule change is that the cooler for the ice rink gets turned off ~20 minutes before a hockey game starts, and it turns into a heater instead. Anyone who has ever tried to skate on wet/melting ice knows that you just stick to it like it’s made of clay. All other rules stay the same. As the game progresses, the ice will melt more and more, until the players are basically playing water polo, with like six inches of water on the concrete subfloor.
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in reply to solidheron • • •All players in circle immediately flop and become massively injured, near dead. Cards flicker and flash, going from yellow to red so rapidly, fans see flames and ignite their own (in the stands, just defensively, in case).
Checkmate, goally