[ayso45-refs] Perennial question: offsides rule, yet again

[Anna Silverman]

No, it is not offside until and unless he makes a play for the ball, or 
prevents the defending team from playing the ball. Your no call was right 
on.
Anna

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Edelson" <dredelson at gmail.com>
To: <ayso45-refs at ayso45.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 3:47 PM
Subject: [ayso45-refs] Perennial question: offsides rule, yet again


> (Tried sending this once but didn't see it. Trying again. Apologies if 
> this is a duplicate.)
>
> Last weekend I ref'd a U10B game. A parent became irate with me for not 
> calling an offside infraction. An attacker was in an offside position and 
> the ball rolled near them, well within playable range. The attacker did 
> not play the ball nor block line of sight of a defender, so neither the AR 
> nor I called offsides. A parent griped that since the player in an offside 
> position could have played, we should have declared offsides.
>
> Ruling?
>
> Thanks.
>
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