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Dump the offside rule. Americans don't understand it. Offsides keep the scores low.
Use the hockey offside rule. Put in a blue line across the field.

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I have absolutely zero to back this up or proof it ever even existed. When I was in referee school however, I was told by an instructor that in England they experimented with removing the offside rule at many different levels of soccer.

Apparently (and surprisingly) it DIDNT make for higher scores, but rather a more unpleasant game tactically. The backs were forced to sit in more while both teams attempted to play long balls all game into their strikers.

Anyway, I thought it was interesting, and it would be cool if anyone knows more about this than I do (which admittedly is almost nothing) and could provide a link to a better explanation.

Stak

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FIFA regularly trials experimental rule changes in 'lesser leagues', usually outside Europe from what I've heard recently. Unsurprisingly, 'no offside' has been tried before and it ruined the game.