- Banned
- #1
I can understand an integrity issue with tanking. But telling top teams they can't rest players before finals is going much too far. Freo have earnt their right to rest players by finishing more than a game clear on top before the final round.
In this case there's no effect on other ladder positions or other finalists so surely the AFL will see reason here??
But really the rule shouldn't apply to this scenario at all. So what if another club was "lucky" or "unlucky" because a top team let a game slide at the end? there's so much luck involved anyway it's not funny - you might as well legislate that the weather has to be the same for every game each week, or that teams playing away more than 1000 miles get a 4 goal handicap??
What about the integrity of taking away a team's right to rest players even though they have earnt it all season with hard work and good play winning games? Not fair! (and obviously I'm not a Freo supporter).
In this case there's no effect on other ladder positions or other finalists so surely the AFL will see reason here??
But really the rule shouldn't apply to this scenario at all. So what if another club was "lucky" or "unlucky" because a top team let a game slide at the end? there's so much luck involved anyway it's not funny - you might as well legislate that the weather has to be the same for every game each week, or that teams playing away more than 1000 miles get a 4 goal handicap??
What about the integrity of taking away a team's right to rest players even though they have earnt it all season with hard work and good play winning games? Not fair! (and obviously I'm not a Freo supporter).