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Originally Posted by Lord Stiffupperlip

I'd like to know which bright-spark came up with this insane interpretation of the offside rule, ie; allowing play to continue before penalising the

I read somewhere that it was in response to VAR. If a player goes on to score, they check offside on VAR anyway. If linesmen erroneously flag for off side and a goal chance is thwarted, they get criticised by the armchair fans and TV pundits.
But that doesn’t explain why the old rule (the on-field officials’ decision) doesn’t still apply where there is no VAR (90% of games?) or when it’s just over the half way line.

Seems that 'all of the ball is within the quadrant if 1mm of the ball is 'touching' the outer edge of the quadrant'.

In footie, that’s the rules. The lines are ‘in play’ and all of the ball must cross it to be out of play. So, the reverse applies - having a tiny slice of the ball over the very edge of the quadrant puts it in play.
In rugby the line is out of play. Step on it and that’s in touch.
Hard enough taking a corner at some grounds without having to place the ball right next to the corner flag.