New Offside Rules

[Frogfish]

http://www.skysports.com/football/n...-dermot-gallagher-backs-change-for-new-season

What doesn't seem obvious to me, despite all the examples given, is when and how a player is now deemed to have moved from an offside position to an onside position. The Austin example is pertinent in this regard - he was offside, moved what would have been considered onside in 2014/15 and then ran 40yds across the pitch to close down the defender ... in 2015/16 he would still be offside.

 

[jon545660]

The Austin example seems straightforward. He moves from an offside position to close down the defender in the same phase of play, so now irrelevant if he is back in an onside position.

 

[Frogfish]

The Austin example seems straightforward. He moves from an offside position to close down the defender in the same phase of play, so now irrelevant if he is back in an onside position.

Same phase of play .. but maybe 15-20 secs after he was initially offside. Is there no time limit ? Just seems that if he had to run 40 yds to the opposite side of the pitch the defender had more than enough time to have moved the ball on. However disregard that example and the question I posed above still stands.