Blue Vain wrote:
bondiblue wrote:
Blue Vain wrote:
bondiblue wrote:
Goals should not be allowed from discretionary 50m penalties from these new introduced rules is my position. Reminds me of the problems newly introduced species have had in Australia, like Toads and rabbits. The answer to those problems was never " just deal with it".
I can't agree Bondi. It's not a discretionary 50. It's a simple rule. Stand still until the umpire calls play on. 6 Year olds should be able to do it yet the coaches would have us believe it's difficult for full time footballers.
You break the rules, you pay the price. It's not that hard IMHO.
I agree with the way you pitched it and I understand the rule. But you haven't followed my point. You've quoted my conclusion, not the reasoning behind it.
I'm just reflecting on the makey uppey nature of the AFL, and the annual changes they make have led to the problems of a rugby like game. This is another band aid or "trial". Hocking says so....today, in the HS. It doesn't stop the rugby look on the game. Isn't that the biggest issue? More Rugby mauls cause more collissions that causes more injury.
Furthermore from the footage provided, I commented that it proves the rule will only be as good as the umpire's call. The AFL are just making umpiring even harder than it already is. If an umpire doesn't call "play on" when a player with the ball moves off his line, then calls a free (because umpire was too slow to call "play on"....this is a discretionary 50m penalty given by the umpire to "saver face". If an umpire calls it back, then good on him....but they rarely do that.
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Rules are easy to follow. It doesn't make them right.
Its not just a player problem. Its an umpiring problem too.
I bet we see umpires get this wrong, let alone the players.
I share your frustration with the AFL "make uppy" strategy Bondi but IMHO, this could be a great rule. And
it will stop mauls because it will reduce kicks to contests and slow plays which are a precursor to stoppages. It will enable more change of direction, faster movement of the ball, it will stretch zones which creates more room for forwards and the faster movement prevents teams getting players back to clog up space. IMHO, those ingredients will create higher scoring and scope for the dominant forwards to shine.
This rule may be a good rule to some degree as you mention, "with faster movement and change of direction", but the AFL are not getting to the core of the problem with this rule change, as they expect, imo.
I don't mind the rule, but as I said, if the umpires fail to make the right decision when the player with the ball plays on, there's going to be a lot of controversy and a lot of heartache that the umpires influenced the result of the game.
Mauls will continue to happen because the umpires allow them. Aussie Rules was never allowed to look like rugby, hence the rules and directives to blow the whistle when a scrimage was created....to avoid ugly footy...or pay frees when they are there. This is what our forefathers of our great game decided a long time ago.
There will be mauls as long as the umpires are encouraged to allow them to happen. This what I want stopped and the game will be better for it....to go back to the roots of the game, and its very essence.
Like you said, and I agree, to a degree that..."it COULD be a great rule" . I hope so, then I hope the Commission addresses how this Commission has messed up the game and fix that. Somehow, this Teflon crew at the helm doesn't want to admit they get anything wrong...they just change rules ad hoc