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PUNT ROAD END | Richmond Tigers Forum
The rule changes being put up for discussion by the AFL are overly simplistic. ie Increasing minimum kick distance from 15 to 20m and no kicking backwards in the back half.
We have two problems with modern footy, 1) flooding and 2) the possession game. What causes what? The way the game has evolved the former has caused the latter, (but it could very easily be the other way around).
The rule changes address the latter, in this case the effect rather than the cause. So we stop the possession game and thereby encourage flooding because teams will now be forced to kick into a flood more often than they do today.
Therefore the rule changes proposed have the potential to make the game worse than it is today. Any rule changes must address both the major blights on modern footy, rather than tackling one in isolation - especially if that one is just a symptom of the other.
We have two problems with modern footy, 1) flooding and 2) the possession game. What causes what? The way the game has evolved the former has caused the latter, (but it could very easily be the other way around).
The rule changes address the latter, in this case the effect rather than the cause. So we stop the possession game and thereby encourage flooding because teams will now be forced to kick into a flood more often than they do today.
Therefore the rule changes proposed have the potential to make the game worse than it is today. Any rule changes must address both the major blights on modern footy, rather than tackling one in isolation - especially if that one is just a symptom of the other.