• wellnowletssee@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1231·
    1 year ago

    It is forbidden to block the ball by jamming it with the feet, legs, etc., if this prevents an opponent from playing the ball (in accordance with the rules). The addition of the rule conformity is important, because it is a variant of dangerous play.

    • Steeve@lemmy.caEnglish
      671·
      1 year ago

      Ah, but blue and green are on separate teams, so technically within the rules. Also there’s a red. Wait what sport is this

    • Rolando@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      1 year ago

      What if you get someone really tall and they just bounce it on their head repeatedly while they run down the field?

    • Anomander@kbin.social
      141·
      1 year ago

      For a more values-based interpretation - players have to keep the ball ‘in play’ in a way that the other team can interact with, without posing a danger to the player(s) on your team.

      As in this case the play is either unstoppable, or requires the other team to somehow extract the ball from between two players’ chests, it’s a fun theoretical loophole - but is not a fun or safe way of playing football if it became a commonplace strategy. In most cases, this would be seen as daring dangerous play - either the other team needs to kick it free, or jostle the players until they drop the ball, both of which are taking pretty significant risks of injury.

      • Rolando@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        1 year ago

        it’s a fun theoretical loophole - but is not a fun or safe way of playing football

        But what if the player gives several million dollars to FIFA? Then can they do it?

        • Anomander@kbin.social
          3·
          1 year ago

          No it’s still against the rules. Ref will just happen to not notice it, though. Which is definitely unrelated and totally coincidental.

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
    232·
    1 year ago

    With how little I know of football. I am sure someone is going to be offside and invalidate the entire plan.

    But I like your thinking mate.

    • HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      141·
      1 year ago

      So long as they start in their own half they won’t be offside

      Tbh I’m not sure what rule/s this breaks, although I assume it must do

      • MotoAsh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        141·
        1 year ago

        I mean… outside of breaking the basic concept of sportsmanship, apparently there are rules about keeping the ball free?

        Someone else commented the rules, and I suspect English isn’t their first language, so I didn’t pick up an absolute answer in my lazy browsing, but they came with receipts.

      • azuth@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Even if completely stopping the ball from moving was not a violation:

        The outside circle cannot actually prevent opponents from getting to the ball, that’s obstruction. You can’t set a screen in football while ignoring the ball.

        So you have two players forced to move in an awkward way. The defenders are just going to push them off the ball with a shoulder to shoulder push.

  • Patapon Enjoyer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    Can’t do that for the same reason you can’t hold the ball inside your jersey like you’re pregnant with the ball

    • Neato@kbin.social
      111·
      1 year ago

      Someone did this once hundreds of years ago and the coach screams “Just knock them over! Grab them and throw them down! Tackle them!” and all at once American Football was born.

      This is a bible story.

      • GBU_28English
        5·
        1 year ago

        And the Lord said “play the big trumpets before the game. And wear the tight pants I told you about”