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New Rules
- Thread starter yandb
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I don’t believe you can stand behind the mark , basically rooted to that spot until umpire calls play on, though I don’t tnink its helpful defensively there are other measures I expect we will employ and equally we will be able benefit on attack too
but if you are behind the mark you are not on the mark, and can therefor move sideways.
will it mean that when a player is having a shot for goal the man on the mark will only be able to jump straight up and down, rather than move side to side as they have done forever?
Plenty of players currently start off behind the mark and then move directly forward to the mark as the ball player approaches in the hope of stuffing up the ball players kick attempt.
Player doesn't have to be directly on the mark, they're just not permitted to encroach over the mark.
With the new ruling it won't matter if the player is behind or on the mark. They will simply be deemed to be the player standing the mark and therefore not permitted to move sideways off the mark in an attempt to force the ball player to play directly down the line to a contested area. They're giving the ball player more options and angles to restart play.
No opposition player allowed to encroach near the ball player. Player standing the mark not permitted to move sideways or encroach over the mark. 50 metre penalty for any infringement.
Purely gives the ball players 360 degree options to do whatever they want to restart play with the opposition totally hamstrung until the ball player makes his choice or the maggot calls play on.
Gee, are you claiming the AFL have implemented a rule change without thinking of all the consequences?
Perish the thought.
DS
The fact that none of us, a lot of whom have been attending footy for decades, have any idea what this new rule is going to look like....and we are assuming random 50m penalties all over the place, tells you how absolutely useless SHocking is at explaining new rules. His presser with Barrett to 'explain' the rule doesn't explain the rule. The wording on the AFL website -
2 / Player Standing The Mark
The defending Player will only be permitted minimal lateral movement on The Mark. If the defending player moves off The Mark in any direction prior to "Play On" being called, a 50-metre penalty will apply. The defensive team is unable to substitute the Player on The Mark.
...so the first sentence says the defending player CAN move laterally and SHocking says '1 metre of movement ...a step either side' will be permitted. But the second part of the rule says the player moving off the mark in any direction prior to play on being called, cops a 50?? So what is it? A step each side OK, or you cop a 50?
The latest version of the rule in The Age the other day stated NO lateral movement is permitted...so what is it?
The umpire is also now going to have to nominate who THEY thought the closest defensive player was to the mark and say You Trent, you have to stand the mark...what happens when the closest player turns and runs 20m up the field directly after the whistle has blown..is the umpire going to stop the game and call them back to stand the mark?
2 / Player Standing The Mark
The defending Player will only be permitted minimal lateral movement on The Mark. If the defending player moves off The Mark in any direction prior to "Play On" being called, a 50-metre penalty will apply. The defensive team is unable to substitute the Player on The Mark.
...so the first sentence says the defending player CAN move laterally and SHocking says '1 metre of movement ...a step either side' will be permitted. But the second part of the rule says the player moving off the mark in any direction prior to play on being called, cops a 50?? So what is it? A step each side OK, or you cop a 50?
The latest version of the rule in The Age the other day stated NO lateral movement is permitted...so what is it?
The umpire is also now going to have to nominate who THEY thought the closest defensive player was to the mark and say You Trent, you have to stand the mark...what happens when the closest player turns and runs 20m up the field directly after the whistle has blown..is the umpire going to stop the game and call them back to stand the mark?
What the hell is "minimal lateral movement"? A recipe for inconsistency if ever I saw one. Different umpires, players, coaches, fans, hangers on etc will all have their own interpretation of this. They need to get someone with more than half a brain to write their rules.
Your last paragraph is very interesting. Will players argue who should be on the mark? Even more interesting - if the umpires do stop the game to get the "correct" player to stand the mark then surely that is a clear tactic which will be used to slow down play and allow the defence to set up.
Ludicrous. Watch the train wreck that will be implementing this in the first game of the year and then we'll see all the usual crap of messing with the interpretation during the season, and even making changes mid-round. This is why they need to trial these stupid rule changes.
DS
Effectively creates a dead player on the mark who has to stand and watch the play continue, actually that would be simpler to police - nearest opponent has to stop until the ball is disposed of.
about as standardised as 'minimum chips' id say.
This is going to be a debacle.
and 5 grand will keep appearing in Hocking and Scott's bank every week.
Ahhh the old law of “unintended consequences”. Can’t wait to see what rule they have to change to stop something that happens from this new rule.
AFL are scared of the game becoming too professional defensively, so have been implementing rule changes every year to curb our capacity to defend.
Won’t stop us.
Chip mark gameplans within amateur defensive structures have been surpassed by NFL-like professionalism.
The 1-2 rule changes every year won’t be enough to return to that amateur Geelong style of game that the Geelong rule makers are nudging the game backwards to look like.
Long may their confusion continue. We’re still ahead of the game.
Won’t stop us.
Chip mark gameplans within amateur defensive structures have been surpassed by NFL-like professionalism.
The 1-2 rule changes every year won’t be enough to return to that amateur Geelong style of game that the Geelong rule makers are nudging the game backwards to look like.
Long may their confusion continue. We’re still ahead of the game.
I know it's a strong field, but I'm calling this as the dumbest rule change ever.
I'm still amazed that someone even thought if this rule, let alone implemented it. Words cannot express how stupid this rule is.
This statement is based on 2018 wagesYou're saying he's on more than 250K per annum. I'm super jealous of the guy.
