The "New" Rule Changes should teach us a lesson

[E]

So we have 9 rule changes. Seems like inovation makes sense, right? that is of course until you look closely and you realize that about half of the rule changes are simply an unwinding of stupid rules that have been implemented over the past 5 years. Hands in the back. Grabbing ball out of ruck. Nominating ruckman. all of these rules were meant to be innovative when implemented. Now they are the scourge of the game that needed to be fixed.

When will they learn?

[melliot]

I've given up on saying we shouldn't change rules so often. It's a waste of effort. We don't get through a calendar year without an AFL rule change or 20.

Besides the rules of the game, they change recruiting, trading, zones, F/S bidding, academy recruiting, Footy Dept spending cap, cap rules, equalization, fixture rules, stadium deals, etc etc, all change.

Can someone tell me the last time one season was played under the same rule conditions as the previous year? We'd have to go back to the 1980s?


It would actually be very different if there wasn't a rule change in a year.

What is completely ironic is that they are scrapping rules that were previously changed a decade or so ago back to what they were.

But alas, us fans that keep saying "no rule changes" are considered dinosaurs. What is old is new again. FFS.

[melliot]

It's like the AFL staff have to validate their existence.

They should be concentrating on fixing grass roots footy and do something worth while. Instead of constant tinkering of the game.