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you could, for instance, abolish the forward pass in American football, or blocked shots in basketball, but they'd be completely different games. I think the point people are making is not that offsides is inviolate because it is part of the game, but because it is an integral part of the game, as integral as the offsides in football is. Change it, and you no longer have soccer, you have something completely different.

Sure, you could change the rules of Golf to allow a player to throw the ball, but it wouldn't be golf anymore. and anyone who suggested it would be displaying at the very least, a lack of appreciation of golf. see? you might as well suggest that players be able to pick up the ball and run with it, it might make an interesting game, but it wouldn't be soccer anymore.