AFL putting yet more useless regulations into footy

[jim boy]

I was disappointed to read about the latest regulations concerning who can enter 'restricted areas' and the use of mobile phones. http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...to-10-phones-on-match-day-20140206-324ol.html

It's all just window dressing to make it look like the AFL is doing something constructive but it is at best incredibly naive and completely ineffectual.

For starters the idea that by removing telephones that communication is lost.

The AFL have probably never heard of kick or whatsapp or any of a large number of messaging systems that can run on ipods or other 'legal' devices. It seems they are still in the dark age when it comes to technology.

And anyway if a player does have the eleventh phone, so what? Are the AFL going to suspend him just for carrying a phone? And if not, the the risk/reward player for a player wiling to subvert the rules, they'll just take the device anyway and hang the consequences. It's a rule that will inconvenience players just so the AFL hierarchy can look like they know what they are doing.

Also the rule about restricting who can enter the changerooms. Surely that is something for the clubs themselves to manage wthout the overbearing shadow of regulations and forms. And why was this? Because Dustin Martin has friends that the AFL isn't that keen on. I doubt that Richmond are that keen either, but it should be there call to manage as best they see fit.

 

[manboob]

Agree, it all stinks of tokenism. I guess the AFL are doing it so the clubs can't feign ignorance. Will be farkin funny when the AFL censure a club for letting the captains 4 year old son in when he wasn't on "the list"

You'd get further by eliminating exotic bets than enacting any of this bullshit.

 

[snitzel]

Just meaningless

 

[The Dice Man]

Has the afl moved to east Germany?

 

[radiojake]

You'd get further by eliminating exotic bets than enacting any of this bullshit.

Yup -

Bookies have a market open pretty much restricted to:

Betting on the winner of the game
Betting on the point margin of the game

and once the ball in the middle is bounced, the bets are stopped -

 

[master bate]

Yup -

Bookies have a market open pretty much restricted to:

Betting on the winner of the game
Betting on the point margin of the game

and once the ball in the middle is bounced, the bets are stopped -

I think the theory on this one is that if the AFL's licensed bookies don't keep a lot of the exotic markets then those markets will be available overseas or illegally anyway so it's better to control it.

But yes this phone thing is crazy.

 

[ziad]

why am I not surprised

 

[Sttew]

Has the afl moved to east Germany?

No, they simply bought the rights to the former East Germany

 

[Albert Ross]

These sorts of rules aren't about catching people breaking them. They are like the laws about carrying house-burgling equipment, or associating with criminals, they provide a mechanism to charge someone who you know has done something wrong but you can't quite prove it. If the AFL can't prove that a player or official is informing someone of a late change - they can simply charge them with using a mobile phone instead.

 

[Father Jack]

Yes, I'm sure the AFL did this for absolutely no reason except to just screw the clubs around. This report can taken at face value with the assumption that there is no strategy behind the move.

 

[ManWithNoName]

The memo also said AFL officials could examine "any article or thing" in a match-day restricted area.

WTF?

 

[Andre]

WTF?

So when St. Kilda examine restricted things every pre-season it's front page news, but the AFL is allowed to?

 

[royals1922]

The Australian have reported the changes as being the "Jake King" changes - designed to keep players bringing alleged motor cycle gang leaders into changerooms.

 

[Randy Campbell]

Just Baby boomers saving people from themselves.
Don’t punish the ones who do wrong, instead punish everyone just in case they might do wrong.

 

[se17enteen]

Has Andrew Demetriou executed his uncle yet?

 

[Pie eyed]

The whole rules thing is simply mindless tinkering now. If I saw Vlad on the street I'd tell what a ****ing ballsup he's making tooling around with the periphery after such a fine job of doing the real work.
At this rate he will be remembered as the guy who spent his entire tenure fluffing the pillows.

 

[I am Jack]

AFL have compromised the game, sold it out to tv companies and betting agencies.
Now the AFL can shape it's rules and regulations as to appease tv companies and betting agencies.

What is best for the game? Well, whatever the TV companies and betting agencies suggest - because the game is solely based around money.
AFL is just a glorified business, the game is secondary.

 

[AstroboyUK]

yer, and 5 minutes ago you were all probably complaining at the lack of effort put into integrity precautions.
Its a proactive move no doubt on the basis that they know this is a current area of potential abuse, for which there are probably already some whispers of misuse...just like they warned clubs about 'sports scientists' a year before the shit hit the fan. Oh Vlad haters, you hate so badly.

 

[yaco55]

Tell me why a player needs to use a mobile phone when he arrives at the ground. At this point in time, the player should be totally focused on preparing for the game,without any distractions.

 

[royals1922]

Has Andrew Demetriou executed his uncle yet?

He ate him

 

[LosBeatles]

They can suck it up, most jobs have a list of rules and regulations a mile long now days to cover themselves from all liability. I did contract work for Coke last year at one of their main factories and it was truly as though Nazi Germany had revived and conquered a small part of Australia. Your every action, thought and walking pattern was controlled from the moment you entered. Any independant action was repressed rapidly and brutally by the large security force patrolling the factory on golf carts.

If the players getting paid hundreds of thousands to be part of a billion dollar industry can't use their phones before the game then too bad.

 

[jackkkkk]

Agree, it all stinks of tokenism. I guess the AFL are doing it so the clubs can't feign ignorance. Will be farkin funny when the AFL censure a club for letting the captains 4 year old son in when he wasn't on "the list"

You'd get further by eliminating exotic bets than enacting any of this bullshit.

Except that won't happen

 

[Stylo]

Because Dustin Martin has friends that the AFL isn't that keen on.

Not sure Dusty even knows how to use a phone

 

[LordLucifer]

I was disappointed to read about the latest regulations concerning who can enter 'restricted areas' and the use of mobile phones. http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...to-10-phones-on-match-day-20140206-324ol.html

It's all just window dressing to make it look like the AFL is doing something constructive but it is at best incredibly naive and completely ineffectual.

For starters the idea that by removing telephones that communication is lost.

The AFL have probably never heard of kick or whatsapp or any of a large number of messaging systems that can run on ipods or other 'legal' devices. It seems they are still in the dark age when it comes to technology.

And anyway if a player does have the eleventh phone, so what? Are the AFL going to suspend him just for carrying a phone? And if not, the the risk/reward player for a player wiling to subvert the rules, they'll just take the device anyway and hang the consequences. It's a rule that will inconvenience players just so the AFL hierarchy can look like they know what they are doing.

Also the rule about restricting who can enter the changerooms. Surely that is something for the clubs themselves to manage wthout the overbearing shadow of regulations and forms. And why was this? Because Dustin Martin has friends that the AFL isn't that keen on. I doubt that Richmond are that keen either, but it should be there call to manage as best they see fit.

Well said, I agree with you wholeheartedly !!

 

[Superstar swan]

So players won't be able to tweet on the bench like the nba