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I posted this in another thread, but it is probably more suited to this one: This is going to sound like a big philosophical spiel here, but I think it gets to the heart of why we watch footy and questions what the aims should be for those running the game. Increased player movements in the...

It's a bit spurious for Swann to have compared a potential Pick 3 Frawley compensation to the Pick 19 Franklin compensation though. The free agency compensation system - whereby the team receives a pick directly after their original pick - has clearly been designed to aid in equalisation. A top...

All very good points on here. I agree that allowing future draft picks increasing the efficiency of the trade market. However, what is sometimes missing from the whole free agency/trade discussion are the equality aspects. This is going to sound like a big philosophical spiel here, but I think...

I didn't say there was nothing to the story or the allegations. But at the moment, the allegations that have come up don't seem all that serious when rationally analysed. If it's such a big story, how come the journos haven't even alleged that players have taken a performance-enhancing drug that...

Well not impossible if people. Hopefully people read what I've said and think more critically about articles in the media. Certainly the people who think the post is 'TLDR' are beyond saving

Yeah no worries. Hadn't heard the term I'll delete the response. Mods can help and delete the last three posts then. doesn't contribute to the discussion

Note: For those who want a shorter version, skip the section in the middle with all the quotes. That takes up half the post length. I cannot believe how substandard the media has been on reporting the Essendon Drugs Scandal. I can't fault them on how quickly they break their news, but the...

I think the conclusion we must draw is that the AFL isn't the police, and it has no right to coerce players into admitting questionable lifestyle choices outside of football. Football may appear larger than life in the papers, but it is just a glamorous occupation, and employers ought not to...

If tanking was 'unthinkable' for the AFL it shows how alarmingly naive and short-sighted they were in bringing in priority selections. As it were, it wasn't 'unthinkable' because a few years ago they changed the priority pick rule from one season of 4 wins to two seasons of four wins. So before...

It's not a stupid survey at all. There have been other statistical studies completed across the world for all types of sports, with the result being that, in many sports, the main advantage of home ground/court, is favour from the umpire. This is interestingly discussed in a sports-Mythbusters...

I think the idea of a suspended sentence would fit. Suspensions can be suspended until the next H&A season, based on how bad the offence is. It could work like this: A Week 1 Final game (QF or EF) can be played with a suspended sentence of 1 game. A Week 2 Final game (SF) can be played with a...

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/134120/default.aspx Leigh Matthews call to 'make a stand'. He proposes the idea mentioend in the first post - players should't be allowed to pick the ball up if not standing. I personally think that's a bit too extreme. When the AFL...

The problem with the AFL Rules Committee and its kneejerk rule changes is it oversees the potential repercussions of the rule changes. If the game is shortened by keeping the clock running when the ball goes out of bounds, sending the ball out of bounds will be a tactic to ice the game and waste...

I probably agree that both have made the game a better spectacle. The idea behind both rules is pretty good, but I think both rules could have been written better and could be applied better, so that the game could improve even more. The deliberate rushing should be a less severe penalty that...

RUSHING BEHIND RULE 'If' it were a clear rule and the players weren't penalised because they understood the rule, then it would be a success. However, anyone who watches can see that the players aren't sure. They still hesistate, look sheepish and keep the ball in play when they would have been...

Unfortunately the way you understand the rule does not take into account the fact that it is called the 'Advantage rule', and that the whole point of it is to attempt allow players to continue playing after free kicks are paid if it is advantageous. It is not called the 'Gamble Rule' or...

THe wording does not imply in any way that the only person who can take the advantage is the player who was infringed. It simply states that the player is on the same team as the player who was infringed. How can three consecutive people on this thread misinterpret that. Baffling. This would...

On his 50th birthday, the AFL.com.au interviewed AD: http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/111601/default.aspx I thought this answer was a bit odd from AD: Q: If your son Sacha has to decide between a degree in nuclear medicine or being the No. 1 draft pick for the Hobart...

Spot on. Just like they seem to prevent journalists criticising the power structure of the AFL, the AFL could put a moratorium on negative media coverage against players, i.e. If, say, the Herald Sun won't get the AFL scoops and interviews if they put the Brent Moloney incident right on the back...

Can people stop saying 'it wasn't broken in the first place'? It clearly was. The advantage rule is the most amateur rule in the AFL. Every other sport in the world has the umpire not blowing his whistle to allow the advantage. There has always been a problem with the advantage rule which the...

Re: AFL, Bring back some aggression! Couldn't agree more. The decision against Jordan Russell when he outbodied Jarryd Blair in a marking contest on Friday night was a joke

And now they've made it worse. The player decides whether there is an advantage. So now, the whistle goes, and the player with the free keeps playing while everyone stops. He plays while no one else is playing until the umpire realises that this player wants advantage. What an absolute joke...

Perhaps he meant this one http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/103750/default.aspx

what are the chances for brandon matera (gold coast) to west coast for pick 4?

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what is with our selection policy? Newton will never be a key forward in a winning side. He shouldn't play. If we want a ruckman, Paul Johnson is the one. Can someone enlighten me as to why we dropped Bennell? He seems pretty good to me, and I reckon can be much more than a back pocket or...

Perhaps he wants to play AFL footy, rather than playing in the WAFL for cash. Not a ridiculous concept is it?

nah, add spencer to the delistings. Definitely delist Bell. It would be good if Miller stayed at Casey - he is a loyal Dee and is probs a leader, etc. Newton out. Paul Johnson not sure about. Shame he was dropped cos I would have liked one last look at him before deciding on his future. Without...

it can't have been deliberate rushed behind, because hooper took the shot on an angle. i thought the deliberate rushed behind stipulates that the free is given from the goalsquare. this makes the decision even more confusing, or the umpire got it wrong twofold.

I reckon he needs to work on confidence a lot. He refuses to have a shot at goal, and looks to handpass it off. He is also hesitant going for the ball and presenting. He can take a good mark and is a good kick, but again often chooses a safe option. I reckon Bailey should tell him that he...