FIFA president Sepp Blatter has apparently discussed the effect of scrapping the offside rule with president of the International Hockey Federation, Leandro Negre.

Hockey scrapped the offside rule in their game in 1998, and the move is generally perceived as having made the game more entertaining for spectators.

There has been speculation that FIFA could soon be planning some kind of similar rule change in football.

Negre revealed that Blatter had spoken to him informally but at length about the impact of the rule change in the sport, but did not give him a conclusive final opinion on the matter.

"He asked me a lot of questions about it and how successful it was, although he never offered an opinion, so it was difficult to judge what football might do," said Negre, according to Sky Sports.

"But he did seem very interested in how we had implemented it."

What do you guys think?

It'd be a dark day for football if that happened,yes you would be getting a lot of 10-7 wins etc which will be more entertaining.But it would also be boring.You can have some amazing 0-0 draws,why change it? 

The only change that needs to be made in worldwide football is the introduction of an extra referee at a video monitor!

Well said jayjay, agree with you 100%

its a stupid idea tbh

What do you guys really mean, are they planning to remove the offside or something?

Thats what Blatter is thinking about, its really stupid i mean its going to get confusing players are used to offside traps and all kinds of tactics just because of the offside rule, they cant just take it off

No bud,blatter's had a discussion regarding it,like he had a discussion regarding goal line technology,like he had a discussion about a video referee,he asked my Mum where she bought her dress once!

I think it would be crazy to remove off-sides! Although everyone loves to see goals, I think it would ruin the strategic aspects of the beautiful game. Without offsides, it may turn out to be something like handball - no midfield or buildup play, just endless repetitions of the same attacking and defensive formations. Booooring.

Agreed Peter

Another one of Baltters stupid ideas i would quit watching football if there was no offsides imagine how boring it would be strikers just sit in 6 yard box all game