07-14-2024, 11:48 AM
(07-14-2024, 10:05 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:I've never been more convinced that removing prior will be a mistake. The game is a terrible spectacle for it and wait until everyone gets on board. You'll have have players dropping the ball as they're tackled everywhere.
It looks bad and it is bad.
The problem with it is that they have (occasionally) removed prior and decreased the time to get rid of it. So not only do players not know if they will get done for holding the ball, they don't know when.
Cripps got done for getting out a handball because they were so quick on the whistle.
They have just further muddied the waters without going all in.
It's similar to when they trialled it jn the vfl and said it didn't work. They only trialled it for the second player who had the ball.
Trial it or not, don't half arse it.
I'm almost convinced the afl want this to go away so they are trying to make it terrible. I reckon there is some kind of new interpretation the afl want to bring in next year and they will use this nonsense to justify it.