6-6-6 does not take footy back to where it was or meant to be, look at the number around the centre bounce in the 1967 grand final. The centre square was necessary because of congestion but no more than that.
One of the unique features of Australian Rules Football has always been no off-side and, until the early 1970s no restrictions on where players could be on the ground. Limiting this in the middle at a bounce is plenty of restriction, more than enough.
6-6-6 is less of a priority for me than allowing the player on the mark to move and bringing the player on the mark at kick outs back to a position where they can actually influence the kick out (5m away, not miles away like now). The dinky little play on kick from a behind was getting silly as they were so good at it there was little point, don't mind that rule.
The insufficient intent to keep the ball in rule is not the right balance. The bar should be set higher for giving a way a free kick for that which is why I would favour deliberate out of bounds. Yes, it still requires some judgement by umpires (shudder!) but it is a more balanced rule whereby you would need to see some intent to get the ball out of bounds to concede a free kick. I still can't see the problem with having more throw ins, and I know players will exploit this to some extent, but that argument is bullsh1t because players exploit any rule, including insufficient intent.
DS