Opinion The Rules Of Our Game - Kill Me Now...

[thylacine60]

One of the things that's happening too much is a head-high infringement being paid for what is basically a brushed ear. I get we need to be conservative with this stuff and protect the head but COME ON!! Any other whingeing can go in here I s'pose......

 

[Jabba73]

Holding the ball "interpretations" kill me when watching games. Some consistency would be awesome.

 

[ShanDog]

I agree - the push in the back when tackling someone from behind and the head high contact should only be paid when there is a sufficient force/contact that would deem it dangerous or able to cause injury. Basically, no harm, no foul. It's a physical sport for goodness sake.

 

[exe ex machina]

how about pretty much the entire rules of AFL. it's just too unlike american football.

 

[thylacine60]

An infringement has to be just that - it has to impede a player from his effort at getting the ball.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

The holding in the marking contest, waaaaaaaaaay too many 50/50's are paid one way or another for little more than a pat.

 

[ESKIE]

Tiggy fkg touchwood crap

I hate this 'gees they had the rub of the green' or getting a good run from the umps, or quite obviously paying frees to square the ledger.

And they seem to have a focus on one rule, pay it one week and not the next

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

I agree - the push in the back when tackling someone from behind and the head high contact should only be paid when there is a sufficient force/contact that would deem it dangerous or able to cause injury. Basically, no harm, no foul. It's a physical sport for goodness sake.

Exactly, if it has the capacity to injure, even if the recipient is okay then pay the free kick. If it affects the play, then pay the free kick.

Push in the back in a marking contest, while chasing the ball carrier, to shift someone off the line of the ball ... free kick. At a stoppage, after a tackle, when a player is going nowhere and the final action sees the tackler slowly tip across an opponents back ..... **** off. Shits me. It was already going for a bounce, they were no chance of being injured, the play has not been affected.

 

[thylacine60]

When that Bartlett rule came in about hands in the back all I could think was - how is a fingernail on a player's shoulder impeding him from marking?

 

[Stig O'Hara]

....oh yeah, deliberate out of bounds........usually dependant on the umpire's sense of theatre and the crowd noise.

 

[mediumsizered]

I think the use of hands to move a player in a marking contest is sloppy, lazy & cheating.

I trace it back to Dunstall, who consistently used his hands to push his opponent out of a marking contest. Prior to this, players mostly used their hips, or superior judgement to beat their opponent, knowing that if they used their hands, they would be free-kicked every time.

 

[zeeCFC]

Amen. Forget about new rules, fix or scrap the ones we have.

 

[DaVillaBlues]

Incorrect ****ing disposal does my melon in, how so many players get away with 'rugby' passes instead of handballs (especially whilst being tackled) infuriates me.

 

[ESKIE]

I'm getting riled

Thanks very much

 

[huddler]

Got more into local footy last season, and will continue to this season, and noticed that by and large the umpires let the game flow much much more, and don't call the soft ones with the kind of gleeful haste the AFLs 'top adjudicators' do. Adds to the already pretty compelling value proposition of spectating the lower league comps instead of the image-conscious "elite" flagbearer for the sport.

 

[thylacine60]

It's gone beyond anything the umps can adjudicate. Not their fault the powers that be seem to pander to change in such an arbitrary fashion. The AFL would get massive public support for a rule moratorium - even for 2 or 3 seasons.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

It's gone beyond anything the umps can adjudicate. Not their fault the powers that be seem to pander to change in such an arbitrary fashion. The AFL would get massive public support for a rule moratorium - even for 2 or 3 seasons.

You're never going to get consistency with 3 umpires, Syd v Port, just had a free paid for deliberate out of bounds, then the other umpire marches over and says it's a shank kick.........throw it in.

There's rules, then there are interpretations of rules.

 

[ShanDog]

You're never going to get consistency with 3 umpires, Syd v Port, just had a free paid for deliberate out of bounds, then the other umpire marches over and says it's a shank kick.........throw it in.

There's rules, then there are interpretations of rules.

That's right, but I think they can still fix why they even have the rules in the first place. Tackling a bloke from behind and then inconsequentially finishing on his back without any real force to do any damage shouldn't be a free kick. Neither should a tackle that ends up with a fingernail brushing the top of someone's head as they break through it while twisting and turning. The attitude of the rule book is wrong - protect the players but not at the expense of laughable free kicks.

 

[GoBlues!]

Incorrect ****ing disposal does my melon in, how so many players get away with 'rugby' passes instead of handballs (especially whilst being tackled) infuriates me.

Agree. This dropping the ball as a player gets tackled is let go too often.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

......and now a 50/50 holding decision in a marking contest.

Free to Sydney, goal to Sydney..............game over.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

That ****ing RULES COMMITTEE. They have to keep themselves relevant so they come up with new ways of ****ing the game every season.

Also, the ridiculous interpretations of the 'deliberate' rule. Skilled players who can kick the ball 50-60m ahead to gain ground but then the ball bounces funny and goes out of bounds...pinged. Players who run over the line with the ball...not pinged.

AND ANOTHER THING. ****ing goobers who flop around like a gasping fish pretending to be attempting to get rid of the ball...not pinged. Acting skills seem to be more important than football skills these days.

 

[ferrisb]

I'm getting riled

Thanks very much

Didn't think I'd have to tell an Esky to chill...

 

[Chookaradley]

Umpires robbed us of at least 17 wins last year.

 

[Quazza]

I can't think of another sport in the world where rules or interpretations are changed every year.

It's madness

 

[mediumsizered]

That ******* RULES COMMITTEE. They have to keep themselves relevant so they come up with new ways of ******* the game every season.

Also, the ridiculous interpretations of the 'deliberate' rule. Skilled players who can kick the ball 50-60m ahead to gain ground but then the ball bounces funny and goes out of bounds...pinged. Players who run over the line with the ball...not pinged.

AND ANOTHER THING. ******* goobers who flop around like a gasping fish pretending to be attempting to get rid of the ball...not pinged. Acting skills seem to be more important than football skills these days.

I continue to maintain it is the umpires' lack of feel for the game that creates the issues. With the likes of Bannister, Fisher & shortly Carrazzo taking up the caper, you would hope this improves. The AFL needs to encourage as many ex-AFL players as possible to pick up the whistle & put on the OPSM shirt.