Alternatively, in the spirit of the finest traditions of the AFL, they will add another rule that is intended to mitigate the unforeseen consequences of this one rather than just dialing back their initial mistake.
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Pretty much, unless the field is measured like an NFL field I can't fathom how this rule can be implemented effectively.The defending player has to guess when 50 meters of distance has elapsed so he can tackle or stand in the way. If you guess wrong you immediately give away another 50 meters. So dumb.
As it should be. A 50 metre penalty is meant to be a big advantage for the attacking team, much more compared to a standard free kick, and if the attacking team thinks the optimum time to make use of the advantage is 25 metres down the oval, then by all means.
No you won’t be fine. The player who gives away the penalty must not impede, meaning they must be a metre clear of the player on all sides. Look at the Higgins penalty. He ran alongside and still got pinged because he was too close.I don't really like the rule but don't get in front of the player with the ball and you will be fine. It's not that hard to understand
Alternatively, in the spirit of the finest traditions of the AFL, they will add another rule that is intended to mitigate the unforeseen consequences of this one rather than just dialing back their initial mistake.
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It's the attacking team's choice as it should be. If they perceive a greater benefit from playing on after 15 metres, then all power to them. It certainly does encourage quicker attacking play - we all know the current ritual of awarding 50m penalties is slow and measured and defending teams easily have the time to set up properly once it's awarded.
If the attacking player is adjudged to have run more than 50m then the umpire still has the power to blow the whistle and stop the play (therefore reducing the attacking team's advantage over the defending team), so I don't know why that is such a big issue.
I just see it as a natural extension of the protected zone free kick. Players have now all adapted to it, they will adapt to this one too.
See you've already ****** yourself
If the attacking player runs 51m that's playing on, so now He's only allowed to play on sideways but not forwards?
It's ******* footy, it's not supposed to be this technical bullshit
What are you on about? I said that if the ump thinks the player took more than 50m then they still have the power to stop the play. During that 50m, the player can elect to play on at any time within that 50m, yes? If your query is to whether the ump has to adjudge whether a player is playing on, or simply taking more than the alloted 50m - well, these judgement calls are something an umpire makes dozens of time in a game anyway, it is simply in my view another thing to add to the umpire's duties.
What's the difference between a player sprinting towards the 50m and sprinting towards the goal playing on.
Not a ******* thing
Not sure what you're arguing about, again. The player is sprinting towards goal, aware he has the 50m to dispose of the ball at any time without waiting for the umpire, with no opposition player able to enter his protected zone. The player also has the choice to take the full 50m before having to dispose of the ball, or having the umpire call play on if he stands there and hesitates for too long, or is deemed to 'play on' instead of disposing the ball, allowing the nearby opposition players to now encroach. This is exactly what happens with normal free kicks. Like I said, natural extension of the protected zone free kick.
If the bloke sprints infront of the umpire there is no indication where the mark for 50 will be which means the player can go as far as he wants.
The umpire calls play on at what he or she adjudges to be 50 metres?
But they tested all the rules in the VFL didn’t they?
Oh that’s right they tested a different set of rules to what they implemented.
Amateur hour
Which is why its fine to try these things out in pre-season, and then tweak them if required the following pre-season and only implement them when they are understood and if they (mostly) work.Let's see how it plays out a bit more before thinking the sky is falling.
Basically the first time umps or players have had to deal with it. Umps are a bit trigger happy. Players still adjusting to what they can and can't do.