2nds 2019 SANFL Grand Final- Port Adelaide v Glenelg 3pm Sunday 22/9

[agmsy]

You haven't justified the rule.

I already justified the rule. It makes the game easier for umpires to adjudicate because they don't have to guess the intent behind a player's disposal, and serves as an effective measure to combat the suffocating increase in stoppages by replacing throw-ins with clean possessions. It's not the only the solution to these problems, and it may not be the best one, but it does seem to be working.

All of that has nothing to do with the fact that a fundamental rule is penalizing teams randomly

You seem to be conflating "random" with "uniformly at random", and discounting the willingness and ability of players and coaches to account for this randomness.

a sport that is predicated on its unpredictability, the random bounce of the ball, and the imprecise nature of executing skills with an oval ball

Surely the game is and should be predicated on rewarding (all else equal) players and teams who are able to execute skills with an oval ball with a higher level of precision and accuracy?