St Plugger
Team Captain
- Feb 28, 2012
- 300
- 498
- AFL Club
- St Kilda
Iv'e said it before and I'll say it again...........!
[Even more so now with the Covid 19 shutdown and the AFL in financial strife and a changed world upon us.]
Go to 16 ASIDE or perhaps even 15 ASIDE!
It'll save MONEY................!
Less players..........->smaller lists..............->lower overall player payments.
Less players on the field.............-> less congestion.
Less players = less congestion = less injuries = less interchange players needed = less payments.
Less players= less coaches = less administration = less of everything a club "needs" from drink bottles to bandaids to A4 paper. Even less players and staff to keep healthy. Footballs equivalent to neo-liberalism to balance the books and get back into surplus..
Teams:-
16 in a 6 - 4 - 6 plus 2 interchanges [or go back to having 2 reserves] or
15 in a 5 - 5 - 5 plus 2 interchanges [or 2 reserves]
In a starting 6 - 4 - 6 model, the on ballers = 1 ruck + 3 mids, no wings, no centre square required.
With the 5 - 5 - 5 model, 1 ruck + 2 mids in the centre square at the bounce plus 2 wings outside the square, no forward/back pockets.
Having the best players in a 15 or 16 aside team would have the benefit of raising the standard of the competition. All teams would be more competitive because even now the lower rung teams in the comp have reasonably strong core groups, but where they fall behind is with their last few "role" players in their 22. 15 or 16 a side would increase scoring and would bring back forwards kicking 100+ goals again. It would lead to players having to be more responsible to cover each other 1:1 as once the ball becomes free, the game would really speed up. Long kicking teams with good marking players would have a real advantage!
NOW is the time to make this change while the game is in recess!
[Even more so now with the Covid 19 shutdown and the AFL in financial strife and a changed world upon us.]
Go to 16 ASIDE or perhaps even 15 ASIDE!
It'll save MONEY................!
Less players..........->smaller lists..............->lower overall player payments.
Less players on the field.............-> less congestion.
Less players = less congestion = less injuries = less interchange players needed = less payments.
Less players= less coaches = less administration = less of everything a club "needs" from drink bottles to bandaids to A4 paper. Even less players and staff to keep healthy. Footballs equivalent to neo-liberalism to balance the books and get back into surplus..
Teams:-
16 in a 6 - 4 - 6 plus 2 interchanges [or go back to having 2 reserves] or
15 in a 5 - 5 - 5 plus 2 interchanges [or 2 reserves]
In a starting 6 - 4 - 6 model, the on ballers = 1 ruck + 3 mids, no wings, no centre square required.
With the 5 - 5 - 5 model, 1 ruck + 2 mids in the centre square at the bounce plus 2 wings outside the square, no forward/back pockets.
Having the best players in a 15 or 16 aside team would have the benefit of raising the standard of the competition. All teams would be more competitive because even now the lower rung teams in the comp have reasonably strong core groups, but where they fall behind is with their last few "role" players in their 22. 15 or 16 a side would increase scoring and would bring back forwards kicking 100+ goals again. It would lead to players having to be more responsible to cover each other 1:1 as once the ball becomes free, the game would really speed up. Long kicking teams with good marking players would have a real advantage!
NOW is the time to make this change while the game is in recess!