Yes that's what I said earlier.

The referee doesn’t decide whether the ball has crossed the line by looking at the low-resolution animation shown on TV. They receive an instant signal on their watch, based on analysis of real-world data from multiple high-speed cameras.

The only point I was trying to make, and I’m starting to wish I hadn’t, is that these images and animations are as you put it ‘simulations’. They’re there to illustrate the outcome, not to be treated as evidence in their own right. They simply show that a player was offside or the ball crossed the line, and aren’t meant to be picked apart in detail.

Posted By: The Gaffer on March 31st 2026 at 11:24:19

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PM SCC (Other Football) - jamesward, Mar 31, 09:13:59
- I'm not sure when they invented the offside rule this is what they had in mind 🤷 (Other Football) - Chris Peacock, Mar 31, 12:04:54
  - I don’t remember there being many, if any (Other Football) - jamesward, Mar 31, 12:17:51
    - Is it the case in the prem (Other Football) - SCC 28, Mar 31, 12:28:46
- Basing a VAR argument on a cartoon feels like we’re a step removed from reality. (n/m) (Other Football) - The Gaffer, Mar 31, 10:24:01
  - Like GLT then (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Mar 31, 10:26:14
    - Garry's Love Truncheon? (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Mar 31, 10:32:05
    - Agreed. it’s an interpretation of an interpretation. It's a dumbed down visual to make it (Other Football) - The Gaffer, Mar 31, 10:31:37
      - No they use computers (Other Football) - SCC 28, Mar 31, 10:42:17
        
        Computers are used to analyse the real world data captured by multiple cameras in the (Other Football) - The Gaffer, Mar 31, 10:49:42
        
        It’s a simulation (Other Football) - SCC 28, Mar 31, 10:57:11
        
        So we agree. It's a simulation, an approximation of a real world reality. (n/m) (Other Football) - The Gaffer, Mar 31, 11:06:05
        
        Like GLT then (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Mar 31, 11:09:00
        
        Yes that's what I said earlier. (Other Football) - The Gaffer, Mar 31, 11:24:19
        
        Yep we’re in full agreement (Other Football) - SCC 28, Mar 31, 11:31:11
- He is offside though (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Mar 31, 09:18:15
- I used to (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Mar 31, 09:16:07
  - like him (Other Football) - SCC 28, Mar 31, 09:18:18
    - Although barely anyone knew it even existed (Other Football) - SCC 28, Mar 31, 09:20:06
      - That’s the issue - the tolerance is never really discussed (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Mar 31, 09:22:03
        
        preety much a given that it will be discussed one day in the high court (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 31, 09:37:02
        
        Has been considered (Other Football) - SCC 28, Mar 31, 09:40:45
        
        It’s started being discussed recently (Other Football) - SCC 28, Mar 31, 09:29:02

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