New penalty for having extra men on the field

[BlueBoy1991]

yes it should be but the thing is there is 22 players on the field the on ballers are busting ther guts and need a rest every now and then. if you where watching last week BOMBER david hille got his heart rate up to 191bpm for a far time now i dont know how old the fella is but that is nealy at his peak that is very dangeres and can wreck muscles and all.. now just imagine wat the on ballers are going at.. in all levels of footy..

FOoty isnt just Kick mark Kick mark now days its Kick. play on. bounce talkle kick mark play on there isnt much stopages any more only for ball ups and throw ins

[Punk Rooster]

that is stupid mate do u play footy in todays era??

Nah
used to stay on the ground all day
and get a million possessions
thats how footy should be played

Mal was a grounds-keeper....

[gadj1976]

It looks like the AFL has had a rethink (idiots)

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/a ... 37442.html

AFL about-face over interchange
Caroline Wilson | May 28, 2008

THE AFL is set for an embarrassing backflip over its complex changes to the player interchange system.

The Age believes that executive-level talks at the competition's headquarters yesterday have resulted in the decision to dump a key element of the new system only two weeks after it was introduced.

The AFL's football operations boss, Adrian Anderson, is believed to have taken the in-principle decision to remove the most controversial element of the new procedure where an interchange steward must provide the numbers of the players coming on and off the field before the exchange is made.

While the decision is not yet final, the AFL met late yesterday with statisticians Champion Data, the group that will again record the interchanges and provide the resources informing the game's governing body as to how long players have spent on and off the playing arena.

Round nine proved the first official test of the new rules, implemented after Sydney in round seven became the first club during the home-and-away season to have 19 players on the field, a mistake that could have cost the Swans all of their points for the game.

Not only did a mistake by the AFL's interchange steward at the West Coast-Adelaide match last weekend result in a free kick and a 50-metre penalty awarded to the Crows, but seven clubs are believed to be facing fines under the new system that several teams — notably Sydney and Collingwood among the most vocal — have slammed as embarrassing and unworkable.

AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou is believed to have voiced some concerns with the system that will continue to award a free kick and a 50-metre penalty to clubs that transgress but looks certain to no longer insist upon the post-it note system that was changed after round seven to ensure players coming on and off the ground were recorded before the exchange took place.

The primary concern for the AFL in recording the players' numbers was designed to ensure the whereabouts of four resting interchange players who might have blood-rule issues, be undergoing treatment in the changerooms, going to the bathroom or — in stretcher cases — must remain off the field for at least 20 minutes.

Despite the backflip, which should be presented as a refinement of the new rule and could be put in place as early as this weekend, the interchange holding area will remain the same and the AFL will continue to provide an interchange steward for each club at every game.

It is not known whether the seven clubs that transgressed over the most recent round of football will be fined, given the AFL's apparent change of heart.

Demetriou and Anderson were unavailable for comment last night.