News AFL to trial new zone rule in second-tier competition next season (Full rule changes inside)

[These 4 Walls]

Is there some form of action fans can take to show disapproval or disappointment in these changes without boycotting games or similar? Is there a way to make voices regarding the rules heard whilst still enjoying the other aspects of watching/going to the football?

 

[RUNVS]

Is there some form of action fans can take to show disapproval or disappointment in these changes without boycotting games or similar? Is there a way to make voices regarding the rules heard whilst still enjoying the other aspects of watching/going to the football?

The AFL is only trialing this at the VFL level. No need to protest when you have not seen the results of the trial and the AFL have not indicated whether or not they will bring it into the AFL.

 

[The Slitherin' Snake]

Despite all the men with glasses looking very serious and confident.

I don't think the AFL have any idea how to make the game more open and attractive.

It’s worse than that, I don’t think they even know what they want to achieve.
Is it “open and attractive”? If so, why get rid of 3rd man up, why have the ruck nomination rule?

 

[Coops93]

The AFL is only trialing this at the VFL level. No need to protest when you have not seen the results of the trial and the AFL have not indicated whether or not they will bring it into the AFL.

I think only the zones rule is being trialled, the rest are in the AFL

 

[These 4 Walls]

The AFL is only trialing this at the VFL level. No need to protest when you have not seen the results of the trial and the AFL have not indicated whether or not they will bring it into the AFL.

I may have read it wrong, though the interchange cap, the lateral movement and the kick in manning of the mark are at AFL level?

 

[BomberARMY]

Sadly until people vote with their feet, they will continue to ruin our once great game..

 

[Tiger Toffee]

Lets quicken up the game by making it slower.

Qtrs will end up running 35 minutes plus and longer on wet days in the VFL

 

[tonygeeks]

Why wait for players to get back into the 50’s ?

Just carry on as normal and the last team with 3 back in the 50’s gets a free against if the players are caught outside


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[FRUMPY]

New rules will encourage the coaches to become more defensive

No rule change will ever stop coaches from being defense minded first - some make it easier

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[AndyLucimitis]

I don't buy into the idea that congestion equals bad footy, but the way to fix that is surely just getting everything done quicker. It already takes far too long for ruckmen to nominate at stoppages, this is only going to make things longer and give teams more time to setup defensively.

They just need to let the game naturally evolve into being more attacking, which will come from innovative coaching. Changing the rules every season completely fu**s with the integrity of the game and most of them feel artificial or contrived anyway.

Maybe your right but I think 'innovative' coaching is what has got us into this mess.

 

[FRUMPY]

It already is mate

Game gets shitter every year, highlight real is boring - wow a simple pack mark is mark of the week

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[FRUMPY]

Yeah everyone knows what the word trial means, but why should the VFL be used as their guinea pig? Why should the VFL be compromised so heavily and reduced to be the crappy 2nd tier league used to trial the AFLs bright ideas? It's pathetic.

I think the AFL have forgotten that "AFL" isn't a sport, and that Aussie Rules is the sport we love. Under their direction Aussie Rules is becoming an absolute joke.

The 'VFL' isn't the VFL anyway

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[FRUMPY]

It seems fine to trial new things, don't see a problem with it.

This thread will end up as 50 pages of boomers moaning and "back in my day" type posts though.

Back in my day when footy was fun to watch, lots of goals, lots of great marks, lots of big hits (not punches, genuine hip and shoulders) and one on one contests.

Yep, I'll keep complaining

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[FRUMPY]

Can a team not man the mark, but have a player one metre behind it, ready to move in any direction? As the kicker approaches he can then move a metre forward to the mark.

Coaches already finding loopholes so new rules have no or opposite effect

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[FRUMPY]

Footy fans: The game is stuffed something needs to change!

AFL: Alters rules to facilitate change

Footy fans: Leave the bloody game alone!

Footy fans: the game is stuffed, the rules you've introduced have made it worse, don't make more changes.

AFL: more changes that aren't needed or won't help

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[FRUMPY]

Watch a match from the 90's its like a different sport.

It's like a better, faster paced (ball movement), more entertaining sport than AFL

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[Alesana]

After every stoppage, they will have to wait and reset.

Some things don't need a trial to know they will do more harm than good.

If coaches get their teams playing the game the way it was meant to be played then there won't need to be much resetting. It's the coaches fault that it has come to this.

 

[FRUMPY]

It’s worse than that, I don’t think they even know what they want to achieve.
Is it “open and attractive”? If so, why get rid of 3rd man up, why have the ruck nomination rule?

Spot on. 3rd man up was fine, made it Les predictive

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[FRUMPY]

Sadly until people vote with their feet, they will continue to ruin our once great game..

Yep, they could turn it into a 5 min game with no touch, 4 hrs of commercials and a triangle ball and people would still turn up and they make their money. That's all they care about

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[Oxirane]

Is the big 'natural arc' still allowable or have they changed it to force the player to kick somewhat over the mark?

Young forwards should start extending their run-up arcs laterally before entering the league so they won't be called to play on when they are a few meters to the side of the player manning the mark.

 

[HTT]

We’ve already established that the zoning doesn’t work. For some reason the AFL thinks if they add more of the s**t that doesn’t work, eventually something will stick
See: interchange cap, kick in rules

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

Steve hocking translation
“We hate Richmond’s pressure and chaos game plan and will constantly tinker with s**t until they * off down the ladder”

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

Only in the afl do they long for a game that had not one iota of tactical awareness other than kick it to the fat bloke

Reducing interchanges all that’s going to do is have worse skills it won’t open the game up at all

 

[greatwhiteshark]

Easier to enforce back then as there were not the fast paced handballs there are now. Plus these days there are twice as many disposals per match as back in the 80's.

And 50% of the modern game is uncontested. 10-15% at most was uncontested back then. The pressure is far greater now but for far less the contested footy.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

Is there some form of action fans can take to show disapproval or disappointment in these changes without boycotting games or similar? Is there a way to make voices regarding the rules heard whilst still enjoying the other aspects of watching/going to the football?

Stop bloody going and financing it. That is the only way. The modern fans don’t care about the sport though, it’s just a place to be seen.