Opinion What have you always wanted the AFL to introduce that would benefit the competition?

[LordLucifer]

Lowering the salary cap floor to 80%. That way the bad teams are not paying their list almost the same as the top teams and it means the bad teams can actually build a proper war chest to go after really good players. It would help bottom teams bounce back a lot faster.

15 players per side. Nuff said

4 goal umpires at each end. Makes their positioning so much easier, instead of trying to decide between standing in line with the flight of the ball or in line with the goal line, the 2 umps can stand directly under each goal post.

Anonymous umpires with no microphones or numbers.

For a mark to count the ball has to be delivered going forwards not backwards.

The rule for out of bounds being similar to basketball's rule. ie the ball is only out once it hits the ground, object or a player who is out of bounds.

This would make it way easier for boundary umpires to judge when the ball is out as they could if a players foot is over the line. Its practically impossible for boundary umpire to determine from a distance if an oblong ball has crossed a curverd vertical plane.

Would also see players launching from the field of play to try and keep the ball alive before it hits the ground.

Red card system. Reviewed by off field umpire.

Better contract/salary cap rules like the NBA. No soft cap with tax, but guys like Lever, Boyd, Scully being bought with huge contracts is a joke. Max contract for any player in a 40 player per list, $13m cap comp should be about $1-1.5m a year.

If you sign a 5 year, $500k a year deal that is what you get unless you choose to retire. If a team comes along after a year and wants to trade for you, they trade for that contract. No Brad Hills chasing extra money while under contract. No Jon Pattons (who was a salary dump and reportedly on big money for this year) renegotiating. St Kilda would've traded for Hill's remaining 2/3 years, Hawthorn would've got Patton's say $750k in this year's cap and from 2021 is a new deal. A pre-agent (Shiel, Wingard etc) should still become a free agent when their 8 years are up.

As for 'always wanted to introduce'.

Always is a long time, but for a long time I've wanted to 'de-introduce' the interchange and go back to 2 emergencies.

I'd settle for going back to 2 on the bench and a smaller number of interchanges allowed though (say, 5-10 per qtr).

Remove all coloured paint and advertising from the grass and goal posts. The 50 would just be an arc in white paint.

Show the clock to the crowd paying to be there

These are total no-brainers IMO, cannot believe the numpties running the competition cannot extract the digit and do them.

Well done to all those posters for coming up with something that is in the games best interests and not their own club.

 

[BigTacoBandit]

Excellent suggestion !!

Hats off to you sir ~~

Thank you sir. Now how do we get it done???

 

[stormskye]

My biggest change is in the back rule. Should only be interpreted to be something like “hands in back to gain advantage”. E.g deliberately pushing

Falling with a player while tackling should not be in the back, falling on someone’s back who’s on the ground over the ball shouldn’t be either. It serves no purpose and gains no advantage. It’s a stupid interpretation.

 

[FootyJunkie]

GF venue in the state of reigning premier

America's cup style

No bidding war, based on on-field merit

An added sweetener in the GF for the winning state/city knowing they will host next year, financial windfall GF week

A sweetener for the reigning premier if they make it again

Adds a level of randomness/neutrality if they don't

Promotes the GF to more of national event akin to the Super Bowl, but it would be at the MCG more than half the time anyway (on average)

 

[Atomboy]

GF venue in the state of reigning premier

America's cup style

No bidding war, based on on-field merit

An added sweetener in the GF for the winning state/city knowing they will host next year, financial windfall GF week

A sweetener for the reigning premier if they make it again

Adds a level of randomness/neutrality if they don't

Promotes the GF to more of national event akin to the Super Bowl, but it would be at the MCG more than half the time anyway (on average)

The GF host rights should come up for bidding every 2 years.

Ridiculous that fat-head Eddie, the MCG and AFL have locked it down on such a long contract.

 

[quotemokc]

Player salaries and team cap space public

 

[Outtatym]

Clubs able to trade players where ever they want for the best deal, not held hostage by players.
Fair fixture, home and away. No more locked in 'marquee games'

 

[Greenac]

Halve the number of Victorian teams. That would immediately fix the talent dilution issue and the compromised fixturing.

 

[GWT6]

Fairness towards Essendon.

Fairness to Essendon would have meant that the AFL didn't try and orchestrate the biggest cover-up in sports history.

• The ruling body of a sport tips off a club that has been systematic dopping before ASADA could raid them, allowing them to destroy evidence.
• AFL appoints AFL stooge to give them a not guilty verdict.
• When the independent body finds the correct decision, AFL give the smallest penalty possible, allow players to be paid when they should not be, and does a deal with the insurance company to allow the players to gain additional income outside of the salary cap in exchange for naming rights
• Allows drug cheat to keep the Brownlow medal - then when repeatedly questioned after confirmation that he had kept the medal changes story and lies.
• AFL actually says that the most important outcome from this is that Essendon remains a strong club - not player welfare, not integrity of the game, not running a clean game, not stopping cheating.
• AFL ensures Essendon has no penalties for cheating, giving them the number one draft pick.
• Essendon then receives commercially favorably fixtures beyond their ladder position every season to ensure that their finances do not suffer.

Essendon being treated fairly would mean that they cease to exist in the AFL - they have been treated beyond favorable by the AFL - and this doesn't even begin to cover the fact they should have been stripped of their last two premierships for cheating the salary cap

 

[Milanista28]

Fairness to Essendon would have meant that the AFL didn't try and orchestrate the biggest cover-up in sports history.

• The ruling body of a sport tips off a club that has been systematic dopping before ASADA could raid them, allowing them to destroy evidence.
• AFL appoints AFL stooge to give them a not guilty verdict.
• When the independent body finds the correct decision, AFL give the smallest penalty possible, allow players to be paid when they should not be, and does a deal with the insurance company to allow the players to gain additional income outside of the salary cap in exchange for naming rights
• Allows drug cheat to keep the Brownlow medal - then when repeatedly questioned after confirmation that he had kept the medal changes story and lies.
• AFL actually says that the most important outcome from this is that Essendon remains a strong club - not player welfare, not integrity of the game, not running a clean game, not stopping cheating.
• AFL ensures Essendon has no penalties for cheating, giving them the number one draft pick.
• Essendon then receives commercially favorably fixtures beyond their ladder position every season to ensure that their finances do not suffer.

Essendon being treated fairly would mean that they cease to exist in the AFL - they have been treated beyond favorable by the AFL - and this doesn't even begin to cover the fact they should have been stripped of their last two premierships for cheating the salary cap

Bro i was fishing for reacts.

 

[GWT6]

Bro i was fishing for reacts.

Thought you were - but I never like to miss an opportunity to remind people what a shitful club Essendon is.

 

[telsor]

I can think of 2 professional sports codes that dont have some kind of modifiers for the season deciders

whether that be gf played at highest ranking teams hg

the decider if its a multi game gf is played at the highest ranking teams hg

a neutral venue thats only used for gfs and internationals

A neutral venue where the gf is played at a neutrals clubs venue

or a rotating venue is used which minimises the chances of a team having hga and if they do its luck not a structured inequity.

The two codes i can think of that dont are unsurprisingly in two parochial af cities that both lay claim to being the centre of the universe, have big tickets on themselves and effectively cheat to try to improve their chances at winning.


Amazing that all these sports worldwide have all come to the same conclusion - that home ground advantage in the grand final is a real thing and have all come up with ways of allowing for it.

Do those 2 codes both have ~50% of their market in the city that hosts the game?

 

[kranky al]

Do those 2 codes both have ~50% of their market in the city that hosts the game?

Does having fifty percent of the market make cheating ok?

fifty percent of the market
Fifty percent of the grand finals....

 

[telsor]

Does having fifty percent of the market make cheating ok?

fifty percent of the market
Fifty percent of the grand finals....

Except when the second biggest market isn't a practical option.

 

[kranky al]

Except when the second biggest market isn't a practical option.

Its not practical to hold a gf anywhere but melbourne....

 

[telsor]

Its not practical to hold a gf anywhere but melbourne....

True, but when the second biggest market is the most isolated city in the world, then it's not much of an option, is it?

 

[Carringbush2010]

Consistent umpiring and mro decisions would be a nice start.

 

[Evolved1]

An absence of Eddie McGuire.

Term limits for AFL club presidents, capped at one year less than whatever Ed is on now.