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bonus points system for AFL games.

John Crow Batty
in Melbourne Demons

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Hi all, I don't debunk percentage and it is still a required tool but it does nothing for making a game a better spectacle or contest and getting both sides to play out four quarters of quality football. And thats been the core issue of my whole argument. Interesting to read Prodical Son's comment on the Farrer league. The system made no difference to ladder position so perhaps its just as accurate as percentage to determine position but I'd bet it made a difference to how the games were played out quarter by quarter.

I don't remember it making a difference as a player and as a supporter it was quite confusing. Originaly there was a lot of enthusiasm for the system but it waned because it was regarded as an unneccesary complication. I have a feeling that they were trialing it on behalf of the VFL but don't quote me. I'm glad you brought it up because I haven't thought about it for years.

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    Imagine teams chipping it around at the end of each quarter to ensure they win the point on offer for that quarter. Would make the game more defensive if anything.

    There is no need to complicate a simple and effective system. I would hate to explain this, on top of everything else, to somebody new to the game.

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    Hi all, I don't debunk percentage and it is still a required tool but it does nothing for making a game a better spectacle or contest and getting both sides to play out four quarters of quality football.

    Why doesn't percentage means teams will keep fighting even if a game's over, etc? It's based on the same idea as bonus points for winning quarters, but doesn't discriminate based on when you score.

    You mention fairness, but I'd like to point out that bonus points for winning quarters is less fair than percentage - why should winning a quarter by 10 points be worth the same as winning a quarter by 10 goals?

    Percentage doesn't have this problem, and if you were to try and vary the amount of bonus points per quarter won based on margin your system would get pretty complex pretty quick.

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    Thanks rookie for the info. Good to see that this system was tried. Looks like it had some support at first but looks like not worth the effort. I still wonder how it will work for the modern game. Good discussion.

    Cheers all.

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