this rule was brought in to stop the blatant deliberate out of bounds when a defender had no obvious teammates to kick to so headed for the boundary

now we have a murky grey indefinable rule (or at least current interpretation) which will only confuse players and fans alike - typical afl rule change incompetence

13 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

It's funny how in cricket everyone was excited about T20 cricket because of all the big hits and fast play and as a reuslt everyone was saying how Test cricket was dying.

Yet after a couple of gripping Tests in India everyone is loving it again.

That's how I see these new interpretations, the AFL is going for the short-term razzle dazzle that appeals to 10 year old kids with no attention span but really there is nothing wrong with a tight contest that is all about position.  I'm all for fast play and scoring, but if the game is too open and too much scoring then it is boring, we need a balance of open play and contests. 

Yes, there have been too many contests in recent years (too many players around the ball) but these new interpretations won't really address the problem, they just create new ones.

They probably introduce new rules just for the headlines nowadays

Not a fan, every now and then the play needs to breathe a bit and reload. I don't know why they decided to change it in the first place a couple of years ago, it was fine. Now every time the ball goes out fans and players are going to shout for a free, it's heading to last touch out of bounds.