The tv analysis that employs a frozen image and a darkened strip to illustrate the offside zone is a misleading artifice. The truth can't be found there.
The intention is to show the instant in which the ball leaves the passer's foot, but if this World Cup is any indication, producers tend to choose an instant that not even Superman could pick up during the run of play. Much less the very earth-bound assistant referees. If the producers chose a later frame, they would show something truer to what is perceived on the field.
I also dislike the angle of the offside replay. The viewers should see, in the replay, whatever the assistant referee sees. The shot should be as close as possible to the assistant's perspective. That would be a real technological advance because all of us would be closer to the field. What's in place right now takes us farther away from the soccer that's played on the field.
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