Here's a rule idea: out of bounds is a penaIty, every time

[Topkent]

That sounds very reasonable to me.

Of course it does

 

[Great8]

SANFL are doing this I don't think the feedback is favourable NFGKizza

Can tell you after speaking to a couple of SANFL umpires recently that they are being used as Guinea pigs and Gill is monitoring the situation very closely with a aim of introducing the rule to AFL.
In the SANFL it is only a free if it is kicked or hand balled over the line without being touched, ie no free for a spoilt mark or smothered kick.
The rule is copping heaps of flak over here and players hate it

 

[King Wavo]

Need to limit the amount of posts allowed to be made by certain users.

 

[Topkent]

Can tell you after speaking to a couple of SANFL umpires recently that they are being used as Guinea pigs and Gill is monitoring the situation very closely with a aim of introducing the rule to AFL.
In the SANFL it is only a free if it is kicked or hand balled over the line without being touched, ie no free for a spoilt mark or smothered kick.
The rule is copping heaps of flak over here and players hate it

I think it'll make the game uglier
People think it will force players to be more attacking but that's naive, guys who have it in the middle don't bomb it to the boundary line anyway and if you kick it down the line then it gets spoiled and no free kick paid anyway
What will happen is teams who are locked in their back half with have to belt it down the middle and it will be impossible to get out of the zone which will mean uglier footy and lower scores because you can't get force a stoppage and move players up field

 

[im_a_lazy_sod]

Need to limit the amount of posts allowed to be made by certain users.

Just give every poster a quality of thread created ratio and a down vote button. If they create a thread and it gets X amount of % down vote they can't create another thread for a week. And then it goes on until they get a % up vote and are allowed to post another thread in that same 7 day period

Mods make it happen plz

 

[wa don]

Every time a ball goes out, on the full or not, the last player to touch it, accidentally or not, is penalised and possession goes to the opposition. It would eliminate all these 50/50 'deliberate' calls (which I see quite a few of, and which give the umpires so much discretion), discourage a strategy of gaining ground by subtly letting it roll over (it's usually pretty obvious when it is deliberate), and encourage players to try to keep it in at all costs even more. Yes, I realise it would result in more turnovers, but maybe that's a good thing. It would take spoiling and hit-outs out of the game entirely,favouring attackers over defenders and resulting in a more open game.

It's already the case in most sports, and footy fields so are so bloody big. I mean I doubt it would happen, but that's one rule I wouldn't mind being changed, personally.

Already is for opposition teams at domain stadium

 

[King Wavo]

Just give every poster a quality of thread created ratio and a down vote button. If they create a thread and it gets X amount of % down vote they can't create another thread for a week. And then it goes on until they get a % up vote and are allowed to post another thread in that same 7 day period

Mods make it happen plz

I like it. As long it doesn't apply to general replies I'll be fine too.

Back on topic, SANFL are reporting a few more free kicks from the rule, but a dramatic decrease in throw ins. Which I think would make the game flow better (in before 'you from Hawks, you love free kick').

Remember their rule is last pocession, not last touch though. It has to have been off a kick or handball. Removes the umpire trying to read the player's mind though. Which is nice!!

 

[The Airing of Grievances]

It's the last minute of the Grand Final and it's a point the difference. Ball in the forward pocket of the team trailing. Forward leads in the race for the ball near the boundary. But he doesn't try to win possession, no, he knocks the ball backwards onto the foot of the pursuing defender who thus accidently kicks the ball across the line. From the resulting free kick trailing team kicks a goal, hits the front , siren. Is this how anyone wants a premiership decided?

 

[Natho]

Nah. Even stupider than the mid season draft debacle.

 

[King Elvis]

What is this shit?

I thought Sooz aker Gizmo was perms banned?

I'm being fair dinkum. It would reduce stoppages, lock ins, make play more free flowing, discourage flooding, emphasise possession football more in the days of old, honestly I think the pros would outweigh the cons. I know many would resist because people are conservative, but with all these rule changes, maybe it might be inevitable. It just takes to adapt. No game is, or can ever be 'perfect', but you can make rules to make it more entertaining.

If you don't enjoy the game, instead of ****ing it up for the rest of us, just stop watching jt.

 

[hippyhippy]

How about free kick for any last touch of the boot? I agree with the op ... need to remove the umpires discretion.

 

[hippyhippy]

It's the last minute of the Grand Final and it's a point the difference. Ball in the forward pocket of the team trailing. Forward leads in the race for the ball near the boundary. But he doesn't try to win possession, no, he knocks the ball backwards onto the foot of the pursuing defender who thus accidently kicks the ball across the line. From the resulting free kick trailing team kicks a goal, hits the front , siren. Is this how anyone wants a premiership decided?

Nothing wrong with that. How would you like a bs umpire call a free kick when the player took possession of the ball just before the line and the umpire called deliberate? When it was clearly not? Forward then kicks a goal?

 

[King Elvis]

I like it. As long it doesn't apply to general replies I'll be fine too.

Back on topic, SANFL are reporting a few more free kicks from the rule, but a dramatic decrease in throw ins. Which I think would make the game flow better (in before 'you from Hawks, you love free kick').

Remember their rule is last pocession, not last touch though. It has to have been off a kick or handball. Removes the umpire trying to read the player's mind though. Which is nice!!

Go watch an SANFL game - you'll hate this rule.

 

[Hobbes]

If your having a shot at goal and it goes out of bounds, on the full or not, then it should be a free kick to the other team.

I don't think this is playable unless it's a general thing on frees and marks in the 50m arc. Something like OOB from kick-ins.

 

[Blue1980]

I would like any other deliberate out of bounds treated the same way, be it kicking, handballing or punching the ball out.

Not sure why a kick out of bounds is punishable but pub jug it out is not

 

[lordbob]

If you miss a shot at goal and it goes out of bounds, it should definitely be called deliberate out of bounds.

The rule is already applied in defense when trying to rush a behind, if it goes out of bounds then it is called deliberate because you are trying to get the ball over the line. The same logic should be applied when kicking for goal. A kick at goal is an attempt to put the ball out of bounds through the scoring gates / goal/point posts. The intent is exactly the same as with rushing a behind. Ergo, attempting to score but the ball going out of bounds outside the scoring zone would constitute deliberate as the intent was to put the ball out of bounds.

 

[NewMelbournian]

This would be an idea I support. I have always felt umpires being too strict on deliberate out of bounds is better than not strict enough. Might as well go all the way. It would be great to see everytime the ball is near the boundary an intense and genuine effort to keep it away from there. That area has improved with the more strict interpretations compared to a couple of years ago but could be even better.

 

[PoppedCorn]

How about we leave the ****ing rules alone and go back to what it was a few years ago

Ffs
Piss farting around with stupid little changes every freakin year

 

[gbatman]

This was trialled in the preseason and it was bloody awful. There isn't a problem with this in the game. The AFL are trying to pay more free kicks to reduce stoppages to keep the game flowing and it's working even if it's meant turning up the deliberate out of bounds rule and holding the ball rule. I think last touch is going too far.

 

[jwint43]

I'm still convinced this guy is a master troll just messing with everyone here

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

Okay I haven't seen games with this rule, so I'll take your word for it. I haven't been here that long nor do I take note of every thread so I don't know every thread posted...

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Learn how to use it.

 

[Established1870]

Someone hasn't been watching SANFL recently, otherwise this thread wouldn't exist.

 

[bzparkes]

They trialled this already in the NAB a few years ago, pretty shitty rule from memory.

 

[Kram]

I wonder what the OP's next bright idea is, wearing underpants on the outside to save on laundry bills?

 

[Checkered]

Where'd the avatar go? Mine just seems a little bit out of place now :+(