The AFL is ruining the game with too many Rules changes?

Totally agree with you, the AFL will never become a true international game if they keep changing the rules. How will players overseas learning the game pick it up if the current players in Australia don't even know the rules. The interchange rule is by far one of the worst rules, it is so confusing for the players.

Hands in the back and deliberate out of bounds are only making it harder for umpires and increasing everyone's hate for them.

The rule in the NAB for the rushed behind will also make the game more complicated and confusing for players and fans.

If the AFL stop changing the rules the game will be better for it.

wow, deliberate OOB has been in for quite a number of years now!!

but Hands in the Back and the Interchange Rule can be very messy and confusing.

The old system used to be is that if there were too many players on the ground, the captain of the other team would have to call a 'count'. The umpire would stop play, bring everyone to the middle that was on the field at that time and count the players from both teams.

if there were too many players on the field, then that teams score would be wipped off the board. If there were the correct amount of players on, the captain would be reported for time wasting.

I like the deliberate out of bounds rule. It keeps the ball moving so players dont just go for touch. The game would be much more stale without it.

Couldn't agree more - is Aussie Rules a game for men or schoolgirls? Hands in the back is a weak rule, only a real push should be judged for a free. There'll just be so many frees this season, it will slow the game down too much, make the flow very disjointed and take away a lot from the physical side of the game.

Who knows when they will stop, but the supporter margin between Australian Rules & Rugby grows every day in favour of Australian Rules so they must be doing something right. Maybe if Rugby administrators had a look at their game and made it better they might get some people to go to the games.

They should just say 'right, no rule changes for 10 years' the game will still survive, the way they are going people will give up on the game, it's getting like basketball but on a bigger playing arena.

Haha. Yess some rules are good + But i think if the rules go our way and are played fairly then it doesnt matter. Hands in the back is soft. and i think unless the player actually pushes the other over then it shouldnt be free, because then they should just have no contact, which would be even crapper. but yes

GO COLLINGWOOD :)

I have one thing to say to the people that invent the rules for afl...

LEAVE OUR GAME ALONE & STOP CHANGING THE RULES.

well said in my opinion.

the behind rule is good but the rest is stupid

Tell us something we don't know.