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So every time a commentator says that a player "draws a free kick" (as if that's a good thing), now it will be play on? Great.
Initiating high contact to yourself, bending at the knees or raising the arm in order to get the free (not just to break a tackle or change direction) is a form of cheating as far as I'm concerned.
Teams like Geelong (and their exports) and West Coast were becoming unwatchable because of the levels of "drawing the free kick" that they had reached.
Hopefully now we can watch the great players playing football instead of trying to get cheap free kicks.
I'd like the AFL to also introduce the "Mr Flappy" rule in honour of Dean Cox. Players demonstratively asking for free kicks all the time should be fined or given free kicks against them. Play the game and leave the umpiring to the umpires and the crowd.
Initiating high contact to yourself, bending at the knees or raising the arm in order to get the free (not just to break a tackle or change direction) is a form of cheating as far as I'm concerned.
Teams like Geelong (and their exports) and West Coast were becoming unwatchable because of the levels of "drawing the free kick" that they had reached.
Hopefully now we can watch the great players playing football instead of trying to get cheap free kicks.
I'd like the AFL to also introduce the "Mr Flappy" rule in honour of Dean Cox. Players demonstratively asking for free kicks all the time should be fined or given free kicks against them. Play the game and leave the umpiring to the umpires and the crowd.

