A much better substitution rule

[macarzabitrusty]

I hope the AFL brings in this system for next year!

http://www.suite101.com/content/does-the-afls-new-rule-need-to-be-substituted-a373228

 

[Ando727]

The problem with that plan is that you would have an additional two players who train to play a game, but quite possibly won't play at all. It would be very bad for developing/maintaining match fitness if you had to miss your VFL game just so you could be a standby player for an AFL match.

 

[Donakebab]

4 on the bench plus 1 sub. At half time teams have a choice to activate their sub or not. Less strain on players, teams get a chance to sub out an injured player if it's sustained in the first half, if an injury happens in the second half then clubs are no worse off then they are now.

 

[macarzabitrusty]

The problem with that plan is that you would have an additional two players who train to play a game, but quite possibly won't play at all. It would be very bad for developing/maintaining match fitness if you had to miss your VFL game just so you could be a standby player for an AFL match.

Although not quite ideal, I don't think it would be that much of a problem, because you could rotate the substitutes rather than having the same ones each week, and when reserves fixtures fall after a team's AFL fixture, the unused substitutes could play for the reserves as per usual.

 

[Blueboys7]

4 on the bench plus 1 sub. At half time teams have a choice to activate their sub or not. Less strain on players, teams get a chance to sub out an injured player if it's sustained in the first half, if an injury happens in the second half then clubs are no worse off then they are now.

I always thought we should have just stuck with 4 players on the bench plus a substitute.

 

[Kram]

I'm pretty happy with the way it is, one of the few things that the AFL has changed and got right recently.

 

[longsuffreosupp]

3 is pretty good - apart from Gold Coast games, I haven't really seen too many smashings this year.

1 sub is average though.

My idea is have 2 subs, the 1st can be used as normal, but if the second one is used, the person they replace has to have a week off.