Without a doubt, the most confusing part of the Laws of the Game for non-soccer fans to grasp is the offside rule. It's not particularly intuitive and whether the refs get it right or not is so often up for debate that it lacks easy definition. So here, to explain it, is John Cleese:
If you're one of the two people in the country who actually have GolTV on your cable/satellite system, the whole of Cleese's The Art of Football premieres there Wednesday at 8pm.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Offside Explained
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Maybe next he can put out a video explaining the diferences between rugby union, rugby league, Aussie rules football, and Gaelic football.
I think one of them uses a round field and another involves silly pre-game line dancing.
Lessee . . .
Rugby union = the old school rules, everybody constantly fights for the ball, field is big and fairly open (like a soccer field)
Rugby league = more like American football without the forward pass, teams don't fight for the ball between tackles
Aussie rules = Fosters fueled mayhem, huge egg-shaped field, violence that would make Urlacher blush
Gaelic football = like soccer, but with field goals and use of the hands!
I think that's about it.
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