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.
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
Offsides is the most bullshit rule ever invented. “You’re behind all our defenders!!!” Yeah no shit that’s because I’m trying to SCORE
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.
They came up with it because cherry picking is outrageously boring.
“How dare you catch us off-guard!!!”
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