Should AFL do a 20/20 type game?

[pinion]

20/20 was introduced to take a long sport into a neat 2 hour format suitable for TV viewing and short attention spans. as it is, a game of footy goes for around 2 and a half hours so there's not much need to condence it

besides, remember the lightning premiership type get up they did in 1996? it wasn't much of a hit

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

I know I should add something constructive but this is a really shit idea. Why would the AFL entertain the possibility of something so meaningless?

 

[estibador]

They are called Fremantle games... well at least that's what it feels like.

No wonder we used to keep fading after 3qtr time...

 

[KardiniaPark]

we should have a test version of Football with Games going for 5 days

The swans still wouldnt be able to score over 100

 

[Partridge]

What could we do?

4 x 5 min quarters - 8 a side, unlimited interchange? Some kind of goalkicking entertainment / concept?? No stopages?

Any thoughts?

No. Non. Nein. Nyet.

The reason hardly anyone cares about the NAB Cup anymore is precisely because of idiotic and unnecessarily rule changes - such as the ludicrous 9 point goal. People who genuinely think that is a good idea shouldn't be following football.

Here's a thought - why don't we make the NAB Cup have the same rules as the regular season? That way clubs could actually use them as genuine practise matches. More people (including the players and coaches) might actually care more about it too.

 

[Invigoration]

I like it, but only if hitting the post from 30+ metres out means you get like 20 points or something.
Imagine the celebration when someone slotted a poster, it'd be awesome.

 

[damochandler]

no not really.

the game doesn't need a novelty factor to keep people interested in the game like cricket has

 

[brucetiki]

The idea isn't as far fetched as first thought, for example rugby have done it with the Rugby 7's concept (2 x 7 minute halves, 7 players on the field, often with multiple games per day in a carnival style setting).

However, I don't think it's necessary for football to be broken down from full length. It generally provides non-stop entertainment/action for the full 80-120 minutes of a game anyway.

 

[Johnpoland]

I came to Australia from a region traditionally dominated by Rugby Union in a country where the national sport is Association Football and I would say I prefer AFL to both now.

I think it is the best version of 'football' there is.

No need to fix what ain't broken.

 

[Partridge]

I came to Australia from a region traditionally dominated by Rugby Union in a country where the national sport is Association Football and I would say I prefer AFL to both now.

I think it is the best version of 'football' there is.

No need to fix what ain't broken.

Thank you. I seriously think some footy fans are schizophrenic; on the one hand they proudly cry that Aussie Rules is the best game in the world, yet in the same breath they're happy to bring in the most knee-jerk and downright stupid rule changes, just to entertain some morons in the crowd who go to 2 games a year. Madness.

As you said, the game is absolutely fine as is. Do not change anything.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

I'd be all for it.

As long as we can include trampolines somehow.....

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

No.

Please let's leave the game alone.

 

[MF]

I still think we should introduce some sort of multiball deal. That and having 3 or 4 teams playing at once.

 

[Monkey King]

I would be interested to see a different slant on the game now that sometimes half the field is empty and the other half stacked with players.

Reduce the game to 2 halves and only 14 fielded players (2 on each line except the centerline) Allow the hip-and-shoulder, no mark kicking backwards, otherwise keep the same rules. Would open things up a bit.

 

[ROates]

Don't need to, AFL is already interesting unlike cricket.

 

[jim boy]

I like the idea of playing on stilts - then it can be truly a game of giants

 

[luthor]

I still think we should introduce some sort of multiball deal. That and having 3 or 4 teams playing at once.

Now there's an idea.

Four teams on the park at the same time

 

[numchuks]

Bring back the Lightning Premiership.

Hold it mid-year, over one weekend.
Would be great I reckon. The AFL needs to offer more silverware for clubs, because it is going ti be even harder i the future for clubs to win the premiership with 2 extra clubs in the comp.

 

[pinion]

Bring back the Lightning Premiership.

Hold it mid-year, over one weekend.
Would be great I reckon. The AFL needs to offer more silverware for clubs, because it is going ti be even harder i the future for clubs to win the premiership with 2 extra clubs in the comp.

that's not a good reason. the point of the premiership and only one of 16-18 teams winning it is that it is presitigous. it's hard to get. it rewards excellence. handing out trophies for the sake of trophies should be restricted to under 10's

besides, we already seem to hand out a couple of cups every week thanks to all the [insert sponsor here] cups.

 

[pinion]

No. Non. Nein. Nyet.

The reason hardly anyone cares about the NAB Cup anymore is precisely because of idiotic and unnecessarily rule changes - such as the ludicrous 9 point goal. People who genuinely think that is a good idea shouldn't be following football.

Here's a thought - why don't we make the NAB Cup have the same rules as the regular season? That way clubs could actually use them as genuine practise matches. More people (including the players and coaches) might actually care more about it too.

i actually don't mind trialling new rules in the NAB cup. just as long as they're shelved when they're deemed not to work. if it's not deemed worth implementing after 2 years in the NAB cup then forget about it.

but i'm also not one to complain about rule changes in general - mostly they're actually there to preserve the game as it was and combat negative tactics.

the 9 point goal is also something i'd be open to, just as long as you can tidy up the scoreboard. the concept is fine, but hearing scores on the news like 'st kilda 2 supergoals, 9 regular goals, 2 three-pointers and 6 behinds, 78 points, defeated carlton 1 supergoal, 8 regular goals, 1 three-pointer and 9 behinds, 69 points' was the part that shits me to tears.

 

[Peter P]

Not at AFL level.

However, at junior level and in schools a game with fewer players on smaller grounds would help the participation levels. What is needed is an agreed set of rules for the junior versions of the sport so the sport and competition can be promoted.

I would suggest two versions, 7, 8 or 9 players for the very young and 12 or 13 for the next stage up at about 12 - 13 years old.

Getting increased participation is vital. It has been ignored (perhaps it would be fairer to say its been done badly) for far too long. As a result soccer in particular has made far more inroads than should have happened.

10,000% correct Perry Pie about schools footy.

But the AFL should do a T20 style game - but only as an annual tournament - can play multiple teams at one venue in same day similar to Rugby 7's. But main reason should be (as you imply) to promote 9's as a valid "cool" version of the game for primary schools.

It may also have a role to accelerate international expansion and help in leagues where some teams have surplus players but not enough for a reserve side and other clubs may fold for lack of players - but could survive fielding a team in a 9's fixture as curtain-raiser to that leagues 18-a-side games.

More could be done to promote RecFooty too.

I made similar points on another thread - http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=665873&highlight=Rugby+7's+cricket

and with more detailed rationale at - http://www.worldfootynews.com/article.php/20091227191919490

The bottom line is there is a huge hole in Australian Football between successful Auskick and moderately OK adolescent club football. That hole is schools footy and in primary schools it is now a big black hole where other sports have filled in. Obvious really - what teachers and parents have the time and energy to organise 18-a-side games or even 15-a-side games from different classes or different schools - when it is so easier for a class to field a basketball or soccer team? For kids playing full size footy can mean freezing in a pocket - compared to fast aerobic action and twice the ball time which they'd get from playing 9-a-side footy.