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Offsides in American football is because the game is played as a series of discrete plays, rather than continuous play. It’s more like lining up on your side of the field for kickoffs.
Hockey has icing, which is another similar rule.
It's interesting that you've been talking about it as there has been some discussion recently to change the rule.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c17zw81yxp5o
Personally , I like what Wenger is proposing. I think it would support more offensive plays. However we are dealing with people reluctant to make big changes. And this would be a remarkable one. We will see.
I generally like repealing rules that are beyond the basic mechanics of the game.
This one is quite frustrating often. VAR has made an improvement as before was just depending on human eye. I am sure that those defending very defensive systems will suffer with it, but I am sure that it would make more attractive the game.
Nice, I didn’t know you’d played football before. The offside rule is pretty similar to a rule in rugby, where you can’t pass the ball forward with your hands, and if I’m not mistaken there’s something like that in American football too, right?