What are the rules for offside in football?

Question

Hi,
I am new to watching the game of football and would like to know,when is an offside given,and if a goal is scored from an offside area,is it counted?

Answer 1

Are you talking American football or futbol here. Guessing by goal, you mean futbol, as in soccer. Offside is when an attacking player is between the last line of defense, not including the goalkeeper, and the goal. No goal is allowed if they put the ball in the net from this position

Answer 2

Offsides is when any member of the defense crosses the line of scrimmage before the offense snaps the football. If the defense commits an offsides penalty and the ball is snaped and the offense scores a touchdown, the offense has the option to accept or decline the penalty. More than likely the offense will take a touchdown (6 pts) over 5 yards anyday of the week and twice on Sunday.

Answer 3

offside is a defensive penalty. it occurs when a defensive player is over the imaginary line that is the ball. Also refered to as the "neutral zone", this line cannot be crossed by a defensive player until the ball is snapped. most of the time when this happens play is allowed to continue except for a few conditions.
1. the defensive player come into contact with an offensive player who is still set.
2. the defensive player has an unobstructed path to the QB, which could result in a dangerous hit to an unprotected player.
if neither of these things happen the play continues and the end the offense can decide if they want to except the 5 yd penalty and repeat the down, or take the results of that play, which if it resulted in a TD would in fact still count. the penalty would be declined and the resulting play would stand.

Answer 4

A player is in an offside position if:
he is nearer to his opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second last opponent.
A player is not in an offside position if
he is in his own half of the field of play or
he is level with the second last opponent or
he is level with the last two opponents.

A player cannot be declared offside during: Corner kick, throw-in or goal kick.

No goal is given if a player is given off side. Usually the linesmen judge the off side. The referee can too declare off side if he is in a position to correctly judge.
Off side rule is to detract the attackers to be waiting for the ball near the goal keeper.
Unfortunately, the same off side rule has been done away with in field hockey.

Answer 5

The line where the ball lies is the line of scrimmage. The length of the ball is the neutral zone. If a defensive player lines up in the neutral zone, or across the line of scrimmage, or jumps across the line of scrimmage without getting back before the ball is snapped, then they are offsides.
The play will continue to run and the offense will have the option to accept the penalty or take the result of the play. If a touchdown is scored on the play, they will naturally accept the result of the play, that being a touchdown.

Answer 6

If the offense scores when the defense is offside at the snap of the ball (the defense is on the offense's side), they can opt to decline the penalty. If they don't score, they can accept the penalty.