How ****'ed is the AFL when it would consider introducing radical changes to the laws of the game ie zones without any serious long term trialling, consultation or lead time so that clubs could have some time to prepare and adjust to these significant changes ?
"Hey ! Let's have zones ! Yeah ok...let's bring it in next year, straight away." Ffs....what sport operates like this ?
And what about the fans ? How do you just introduce such significant change, almost at a whim, giving zero regard to the people who have watched the game being played for so long without such wide ranging laws.
I can handle some change but the way the AFL goes about things is typically hasty reaction, ill conceived and almost always has people howling after. Look at the way they apply the existing rules and interpretation thereof. Ffs....every year we have controversy over a rule or interpretation because the AFL changes the way it wants the game to be adjudicated. They go over the top with everything. This year it's the protected zone. Previous years it was arm chopping, or some other short term focus.
AFL is the most reactionary, over the top, constantly interfered with sport in the world. It's ***** tiring and I reckon people are getting sick of it. Nobody knows what the hell they are watching from one moment to the next.