What are your current Disappointments with the AFL?

[sblack]

Quote from the AFL's twitter account:




vale our game great

Reminds me of when we were watching a mate umpire an U9s game or some shit, and if they try to kick/hb when tackles but dropped it, he called "play on, tried to get rid of it".

We laugh at that all the time.

Now its real.

[Ball So Hard]

Reminds me of when we were watching a mate umpire an U9s game or some shit, and if they try to kick/hb when tackles but dropped it, he called "play on, tried to get rid of it".

We laugh at that all the time.

Now its real.

I once got paid a mark because "I was close enough to marking it"

2014 new rule.

[Drewy_GFC]

Media

I think Jeff Kennett is spot on with regards to the media very rarely criticising the AFL. The AFL should be getting slammed for a lot of their actions of late and I hate to say it but one of the only journos to come at the AFL is caro. If you look on NBA.com for example there will always be articles criticising the NBA, never in a million years will you see that on the AFL website. The media dept that the AFL are bringing in is only going to protect them form scrutiny even more.

The HTB and sub rules aside, which clearly we are all disillusioned with, This is my major gripe. Thought Kennet made some superb points in that interview on EMT. The AFL completely controls the media content, most of the stories being reported are pure PR spin, and not journalism when it comes to the discussing games governing body.

[Gysberts]

The thing that irks me most is not just the rule changes, but the quantity of changes over such a short period of time. Was the game really that bad 5-10 years ago? It seems every man and his dog wants to make a revolutionary change that will last generations and his name will be spoken down to the children of men as the saviour of football.

Game is too slow, lets speed it up by not allowing rushed behinds and the advantage rule. Game is now too fast, better make a substitute and 3 on the bench. Game a bit slow now, lets say you can throw the ball, that should speed it up. Wait actually maybe a little too fast, how about we have two subs now and two on the bench.

More comedy gold from the tinkerers and tailors of the game

Great article by Rohan Connolly (who actually does hold the AFL to account, he slammed the AFL on the umpire twitter issue today) showing the 47 rule changes in 19 seasons.

It's enough of a problem for us who follow footy closely but how are potential fans from expansion areas like GC and western Sydney going to understand it. One of the reasons why soccer works and is able to infiltrate is how easy it is to understand and how little the rules change. If we're having a problem understanding holding the ball how are new fans going to get an understanding.

[sblack]

Australian Sport, and it's Media are just so behind the rest of the world.

They are only now getting the most basic of technology to help with the broadcasting of games (HD, on screen graphics, stuff like that), which most of the world had like 10 years ago.

[r dub]

More comedy gold from the tinkerers and tailors of the game

Great article by Rohan Connolly (who actually does hold the AFL to account, he slammed the AFL on the umpire twitter issue today) showing the 47 rule changes in 19 seasons.

It's enough of a problem for us who follow footy closely but how are potential fans from expansion areas like GC and western Sydney going to understand it. One of the reasons why soccer works and is able to infiltrate is how easy it is to understand and how little the rules change. If we're having a problem understanding holding the ball how are new fans going to get an understanding.

That is a massive point for me, I want to go into an AFL season knowing 'yep rules are the same as usual'.

[Gysberts]

Haha yes.

The AFL site is blatant propaganda.

and now with the age and HS charging for online it'll just get more popular

inb4payfordreamteam

[r dub]

Australian Sport, and it's Media are just so behind the rest of the world.

They are only now getting the most basic of technology to help with the broadcasting of games (HD, on screen graphics, stuff like that), which most of the world had like 10 years ago.

I agree with this but I'm on the fence a bit. Other sports are much more scale-able given their international popularity. But at the same time when you have the AFL saying 'in the next 5 years we might have games available online' it's just a bit of a joke. I find the AFL website to be extremely amateur hour as well.

[Embers]

I was surprised no one wrote a article how 7k were at the GWS and Richmond game and it seemed like a pro Richmond crowd. They were getting much louder cheers when they scored then GWS did

[Gysberts]

That is a massive point for me, I want to go into an AFL season knowing 'yep rules are the same as usual'.

as long as the AFL rules committee exists (with the committee made up of such luminaries like Luke Darcy ) it'll be a constant mechanism for change as in their mind it's their right to mess with the game instead of letting it evolve.


Example: Go the torp - AFL.com.au

[r dub]

as long as the AFL rules committee exists (with the committee made up of such luminaries like Luke Darcy ) it'll be a constant mechanism for change as in their mind it's their right to mess with the game instead of letting it evolve.


Example: Go the torp - AFL.com.au

I usually think Darcy gets a bit too much stick but after reading this he should never write an article again:

Perhaps it is worth trialling a torpedo rule, where every spiral kicked successfully from outside the 50m arc gives the scoring team a free kick at the centre bounce rather than a ball up.

Or a couple of times a game, each team could elect to kick a torp from outside 50 with 12 points being awarded for a goal.

Or even make it compulsory for one full-back kick-in per quarter to be a torp.

That is honestly the worst AFL-related content I've read in my life.

[Ball So Hard]

[Embers]

David Wirrpanda could come out of retirement if that rule comes into place. Play till he is 50 too

[Nige Cooper]

This covers just about everything everybody else has said but it feels like they've taken a shit on the culture and spirit of the game to produce a more commercially viable product, selling out if you will.

[r dub]

David Wirrpanda could come out of retirement if that rule comes into place. Play till he is 50 too

Fletcher probably to 86.