No it's not

Flooding is a blight on the game as is keepings off

The lack of true one on one contests and the disappearance of the FF are partly due to the high rotation of the bench

2 subs and 2 interchange is a good rule

Players and coaches will adapt quickly and the game will be much better because of it

Burst players will need to work on their tanks but will still be part of the game

Give me a CONTEST anyday

Yes but why not let the game evolve rather than tinker every bloody year..

Are the rules of chess adjusted yearly??

Leave it at 3+1

More to the point, can we please go 3-5 years without touching the rules?!?!?!

Yes but why not let the game evolve rather than tinker every bloody year..

Are the rules of chess adjusted yearly??

I remember seeing 3 dimensional chess on "Star Trek" ! That looked like a big ask .

Draughts or ludo takes most of my brain power .

Cheers

Surely if he intention is the "slow the game down, tire the players" a far simpler and more effective change would be to restrict the number of interchanges severely, to maybe 15 a quarter. Coaches would have to hold back some in reserve until late in a quarter just in case.

IF there is an injury after that the player is subbed out.

It would still not over penalise a team with an injury, and it would not condemn some poor up and coming young player to sitting out 80 percent of a game on the bench, or two of them as proposed.

What??

Has nothing to do with changing AFL rules each year..

So you bring in a rule, that 10 years later Ends up having a detrimental effect on the game, & you just sit on your hands.

I heard one redundant coach say he wanted 6 interchange players....

I agree that we need to slow way down with the rule tinkering,,, but Not before we bring back the Ethos & natural Essences of the Origins of this Tom Wills inspired game of ours.

I don't think anyone could say they dislike the game style of the 1990's.

Surely if he intention is the "slow the game down, tire the players" a far simpler and more effective change would be to restrict the number of interchanges severely, to maybe 15 a quarter. Coaches would have to hold back some in reserve until late in a quarter just in case.

IF there is an injury after that the player is subbed out.

It would still not over penalise a team with an injury, and it would not condemn some poor up and coming young player to sitting out 80 percent of a game on the bench, or two of them as proposed.

Excellent point , though I'd make it 8 per quarter . Anything to stop 36 players being in one quarter of the ground - it's a total eyesore and should have been fixed a few years ago .

Restrict the interchange and coaches will stop running their players up and down the ground all day . We might even see positional football again .

Cheers

Subs slowing it down...

FOOTBALL is slowing down - with GPS data from 2011 showing the game is becoming a test of endurance, with fewer intense bursts of speed.

The data - released exclusively to AFL.com.au - reveals the substitute interchange model has cut average player speeds and may have reduced the incidence of some injuries.

According to a separate injury report, also released on Wednesday, there is evidence that having three interchange players and one substitute has contributed to a reduction in groin and hamstring strain injuries.

AFL medicos have indicated they’ll be closely analysing this season’s data, as the League considers a two-sub, two-interchange format, which could be introduced as early as 2013.

The exhaustive GPS analysis shows average player speed and time spent at the highest speeds have decreased with 20 elite midfielders recording a 29 per cent reduction in high running speeds.

>>>> http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/130171/default.aspx