The "FUTURE" Of Football

[ROCKETT24]

Was reading HS last ngiht and saw a link to The Sunday Mail and an article titled "Padding Up For Future Of Footy Shock"

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/padding-up-for-footy-future-shock/story-e6frecjc-1225948850441


Couldnt believe what I was reading....

Apparently the guy quoted is the AFL's go-to guy for studies on how rule changes will impact the game in the future.

Anyways, basically he stated, in the future we will see.

10 on the bench
Offensive & Defensive centremen
Mid quarter timeouts
Helmets
Shoulder Pads
Other body protection


Just wondering what people think about this...

It gave me nightmares

 

[Byron_Clanger]

WTF, I don't want another NFL

 

[amer]

If it happens I'll stop following footy, that's for sure.

 

[Godzke]

Yeah nah. Won't happen. Although they said that about T20 cricket and look what happened.

 

[Rack Watts]

I won't watch and will become an avid NRL fan.
Sounds like an attention grab.

 

[ROCKETT24]

Id start following Geelong ing the VFL. If they went this way, then Local Team.

If all Aussie RUles teams required the safety stuff and the stupid rules....id get a local amatuer league going...base the game & rules around the heyday of the VFL/AFL.

Rule 1 would be: These rules cannot ever be changed.

Rule 2 would be...See Above.

Rule 3: The is to never be a rules of the game committee.

I believe that something along these lines would prosper and grow into a great game in the future.

 

[Neville Bartos]

I don't understand this safety thing. We've had football for over 150 years in this country played by people of all ages and it's never been a problem before. Do we have a generation of paraplegics, brain damaged, cripples from football injuries?

 

[white_noise]

I just threw up in my mouth a little

 

[Schooner Pig]

this will not happen. Next.

 

[brjafi]

demetriou and anderson would do it tommorow if they could

 

[Pie eyed]

He then is the same tool who claims that more bench players and hih=gher rotations caused the surface related injuries we saw early this season.
Sack the moron and let's get on with playing AFL.

 

[ROCKETT24]

I don't understand this safety thing. We've had football for over 150 years in this country played by people of all ages and it's never been a problem before. Do we have a generation of paraplegics, brain damaged, cripples from football injuries?

Nah mate...what we have now are WorkPlace Safety laws that are slowly creeping into Sport.

All its oging to take is a player get brain damaged / die...and all of the sudden it will come into palce..RAPIDLY.

Look at the head high contact rule...Blake Caracella copped a high hit..albeit fairly, but all of the sudden people are being rubbed out because they could have avoided the high contact...doesnt matter that that getting the ball is their job.

I was really worried when all the stuff about Docklands turf and knee injuries and stuff being talked about cos if Judd/Riewoldt/Cooney..anyone wanted to sue Docklands for not providing a safe workplace (Ground)...they would get a payout and then the doors open ya know.

Players should sign a waver of liability form so they cant sue. The AFL cant make the grounds 100% perfect every game.

Its only a matter fo time...and it wont be the Public wanting it, or the Players...it will be the AFL (wanting to over its @$$)...telling everyone to wear it.

If something serious happened in Round 11....By Round 12 every AFl player would be wearing this protective stuff.

I shudder at the thought.


As for the Interchange of 10 and Mid Quarter Time Outs....i think people would sent a message with their feet. No Aussie Rules loving person is going to put up with Time-Outs.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

Nah mate...what we have now are WorkPlace Safety laws that are slowly creeping into Sport.

All its oging to take is a player get brain damaged / die...and all of the sudden it will come into palce..RAPIDLY.

Look at the head high contact rule...Blake Caracella copped a high hit..albeit fairly, but all of the sudden people are being rubbed out because they could have avoided the high contact...doesnt matter that that getting the ball is their job.

I was really worried when all the stuff about Docklands turf and knee injuries and stuff being talked about cos if Judd/Riewoldt/Cooney..anyone wanted to sue Docklands for not providing a safe workplace (Ground)...they would get a payout and then the doors open ya know.

Players should sign a waver of liability form so they cant sue. The AFL cant make the grounds 100% perfect every game.

Its only a matter fo time...and it wont be the Public wanting it, or the Players...it will be the AFL (wanting to over its @$$)...telling everyone to wear it.

If something serious happened in Round 11....By Round 12 every AFl player would be wearing this protective stuff.

I shudder at the thought.


As for the Interchange of 10 and Mid Quarter Time Outs....i think people would sent a message with their feet. No Aussie Rules loving person is going to put up with Time-Outs.

Yes they will and the last 10 years is proof they will. The Joe Bloggs football supporter these days is a puppet, he watches what he is told when he is told.

The only good thing about the possibility of these types of changes happening is that a breakaway will be formed and start a sport back up called Australian Rules Football. Then and only then we will see how shit the sport of AFL or whatever they call it these days really is.

 

[Frothies Mcveigh]

Hope it doesnt happen, too much like American football

 

[PortBrillance]

if the AFL ever brings in time-outs like every American sport, I will never watch a match again and just stick to soccer. It takes 10 mins to wipe 60 seconds off the clock if it's a close game in basketball. Incredibly boring

 

[ROCKETT24]

I dont know...a lot of people would be far too peed off if this happened. I think a lot of people would stop going. I wouldnt watch anymore on tv either. The only thing is that, I dont have a TV logger in my house so just cos I might turn off...it wont reflect on anything.

 

[PieNSauce]

I wish I could confidently say it will never happen but as unpleasant as the thought is, it's entirely plausible. Mind you, I think the biggest change, offensive vs defensive centres is a bit too NFL for Aussie rules. I'd be more inclined to think that teams would be happy to expand the current offensive and defensive make ups but to restrict it to centres doesn't really make sense in aussie rules. The thought of calling a halt to play while the teams change over also sounds a bit much although I can see the AFL and the networks jumping at the chance to increase revenue by increasing advertising income. Time outs would also be attractive for that same reason.

What interests me though is how the powers that be would justify increasing interchanges on the back of the "so called" evidence they produced to justify reducing them.

Pray that common sense will prevail.

 

[Tas]

Should get the sack for even mentioning garbage like this.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

I read this article in the paper and couldnt believe what I was reading. I cannot believe that this guy is on the AFL payroll, no wonder no REAL footy fans are happy with what is going on.

The AFL is trying so hard to pander to the minority theatre goers that they are losing the real fans and when the theatre goers move on to their next fad footy will all of a sudden be in big trouble.

Wake up AFL!

 

[glenn_ox]

I can see it now...the Australian Football League grand final smashed in the TV ratings by the Australian Rules Football grand final.

Here’s hoping.

 

[Kramer1]

Don't think time outs and 10 man interchanges bare much thinking about right now, but would not be surprised to see helmets introduced in the near future.

The game is increasingly fast paced, the players are byenlarge pretty fearless in terms of diving headlong into contested situations, the zero-tolerance frees and reports for head high hits are already in place. It all seems a pre-cursor something like this coming along in the near future.

It's not all about the AFL either. If the data ever points to an increase in concern and/or parents pulling children out of junior footy leagues because of the physical aspect of the game I would think things could change quickly.

I'm a traditionalist at heart and wouldn't like to see things like body padding etc introduced, but I've also had my share of concussions and would live with watching footballers run around in protective helmets if it came to that.

 

[ROCKETT24]

One of the biggest indicators about all this Offensive/Defensive structure stuff is that i read an article about how, if the AFL reduced the Interchange to 100...Collingwood for example would play a 6 minute burst...and crush and run and do everything in that 6 minutes to score...then, interchange 4 players with minnows who are basically, short kicking specialists (DEFENSIVE CENTRE), and the entire team goes into a Holding Pattern for say 3 or 4 minutes. Interchange back and off they go again...score score score. Interchange, Holding Pattern.

They basically did it this year, just not THAT obvious...it was more, when teh best are on...Hammer Down and Go For It...then pull 2 and run the lines and bide some time til we can get our best back on again.

St.Kilda have done this for 2 years now, except they dont rely on the Interchange to do it. They will hold for 5 mins then burst and game over.

 

[PieNSauce]

Would not be surprised to see helmets introduced in the near future.

Actually, if you take that to it's natural extension, it's actually far more likely that helmets will never be allowed in the AFL.

The point being that in no other sport do players throw themselves head first into packs with caution being abandoned the way we do in the AFL. Logic tells you that players will feel much more comfortable with it if they have protective head hear. Then what? Neck Braces??

I think if they ever go down that road they will soon reverse it or have to introduce new rules to overcome serious neck injuries.

 

[UrLordLeper]

To be honest I'm pretty happy for the players to wear those soft helmets. Concussions and head-high contact at high speed occurs quite frequently. And I'd actually anticipated that a few more players woul wear them regularly by now. It's just common sense.
The shoulder padding / chest armour stuff I'm not that keen on, it seems like it'd resist freedom of movement and agility, and furthermore there have only been players getting a few cracked / broken ribs.. And very rarely too. (non head-related) injuries in AFL are either soft tissue injuries or muscle/ligament injuries, which aren't collision/impact injuries so no extra padding would prevent that.
As for mid-quarter timeouts, that can **** right off. 10 players on the bench? No.. I could see as many as 3 interchange players plus 3 subs (with 5 the perfect number), but no more than 6 in total..

 

[UrLordLeper]

Actually, if you take that to it's natural extension, it's actually far more likely that helmets will never be allowed in the AFL.

The point being that in no other sport do players throw themselves head first into packs with caution being abandoned the way we do in the AFL. Logic tells you that players will feel much more comfortable with it if they have protective head hear. Then what? Neck Braces??

I think if they ever go down that road they will soon reverse it or have to introduce new rules to overcome serious neck injuries.

How do you account for the fact that helmets are currently allowed to be used, at the players discretion? Just coz they aren't in fashion at the moment hasn't made it illegal.