The Stand rule [merged]

[Diocletian]

The most obvious and easiest rule change that would help open the game up is increasing the minimum marking distance to 20 metres...maybe even 25 metres.....would at least get rid of the short chipping keepings off shyte if nothing else...also no more than 12 metres kicks getting paid as marks which makes the game look like the sort of easy peasy joke sport that PE teachers make up so the fat & unco kids can participate.....they'll still award marks for short kicks half the time but 17.5 metres at least looks better than 12.5 metres... 

[MintOnLamb]

I can’t stand these flick hand passes of no distance.
Would never happen but make handpass has to be 3 metres??

[Tigeritis™©®]

I’m on the KB train and I’m convinced that he is 100% correct.

Reduce interchange to 0 / Each team has up to 4 substitutes that can be used strategically or if there is injury.

Players tire and it opens up the game thus more goals are scored.


I would also get rid of the stupid stand rule and the even stupider prior opportunity rule which is by far the worst rule ever implemented as it’s brought in too much grey area to adjudication and it promotes stoppages.

[one-eyed]

THE AFL has warned clubs that it will crack down on players infringing on the standing the mark rule across the final month of the season, issuing a memo to teams on Wednesday regarding the strict enforcement of the existing rule.

The League wrote to clubs following an increase of instances where players had infringed on the mark when told to 'stand' by umpires, particularly when the defending team marked deep inside the 50m arc.

A series of examples was sent to clubs where umpires had been forced to remind players that they needed to go "back to the nine" when a mark was paid to a defending player standing inside the goalsquare.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/992768/clubs-warned-over-late-season-standing-mark-crackdown


Get ready for us to cop this on Friday night  .

[Hard Roar Tiger]

 What about “The Stand” being enforced when players are shooting for goal on the boundary line? As soon as the player kicking moves - in any direction - opposition just surges forward before play on is called. It’s infuriating.

[JP Tiger]

Ok, ok ok.  We all know about the Stand Rule.  Most of us absolutely hate it, but its a rule that will be adjudicated in AFL matches. 
We have all lived with the stupid rule for nearly 2 years now, so can the umpires please stop yelling 'Stand' repeatedly while the kicker comes in?  It trashes the broadcast from a watchers' point of view to continually hear 'Stand' 3-4 times a minute for over 2 hours!   
Every player on the ground knows the rule by now, so if the man on the mark doesn't 'Stand' & dares to move pull the trigger & pay the 50!! 
But please, pleassseee stop yelling 'Stand' all game long!!!     

Now they are going to join the 'Stand' rule to the 9mtr zone rule , so if you 'Stand' when you should be getting 'Back to the 9', you are going to cop 50.  So really 'Stand' now actually means 'Stand Over Here On the Happy Side of an Invisible & Arbitrary Line When Only I Know Where That Is Or Its 50!' 

Oh, good grief ...     

Yep, this is just perfect for us to be the guinea pig/test pilots of a rule against the Burpdogs on Friday night on the cusp of the finals ...  ohhh maannn ...     

[Tiger Khosh]

Another thing they constantly yell is outside 5. I don’t really get this. Is it now a rule that if you aren’t standing the mark within a few second of the mark/free kick being paid, that you have to stand a minimum of 5m further back? If that’s the case then that is another stupid rule the afl has implemented.

[JP Tiger]

Another thing they constantly yell is outside 5. I don’t really get this. Is it now a rule that if you aren’t standing the mark within a few second of the mark/free kick being paid, that you have to stand a minimum of 5m further back? If that’s the case then that is another stupid rule the afl has implemented.

Yep, the outside 5 situation (cos its not actually a rule) was born when a few clubs found a work around to the 'Stand' rule.  If you don't man the mark you can't be made to 'Stand'.  So a defending team can avoid standing on the mark & prevent themselves from coughing up a 50 for a misplaced toenail, but then they can't get to within 5mtrs of the actual mark (another imaginary line).  But by being 5mtrs back the defenders can move around laterally & potentially block a short pass, all of which which the 'Stand' rule was designed to prevent in the first place. 
The cure being worse than the disease ... as usual from the AFL. 
The patch over the original patch is now leaking & will soon require an even bigger patch to patch it .... 
Monty Python would have a field day with the AFL Rules Committee ...   

[WilliamPowell]

Biggest indictment on our ga,e os the stand rule

Embarrassing to hear "stand" over and over.

And thank you JP Tiger for explaining the "outside 5" nonsense

They should call that the "Clayton's rule" being the rule you have when you don't actually have a rule. Heaven help us

[Hard Roar Tiger]

The most obvious and easiest rule change that would help open the game up is increasing the minimum marking distance to 20 metres...maybe even 25 metres.....would at least get rid of the short chipping keepings off shyte if nothing else...also no more than 12 metres kicks getting paid as marks which makes the game look like the sort of easy peasy joke sport that PE teachers make up so the fat & unco kids can participate.....they'll still award marks for short kicks half the time but 17.5 metres at least looks better than 12.5 metres... 

Yes and you can’t throw…er handball over your head.

[one-eyed]

https://twitter.com/hasumpstuffedup/status/1686650641874386944

[mightytiges]

The most idiotic rule ever brought in on display once again . The only good thing is it was against Carlton.

https://twitter.com/outbreezyWC/status/1784144614477504899

[WilliamPowell]

The most idiotic rule ever brought in on display once again . The only good thing is it was against Carlton.

https://twitter.com/outbreezyWC/status/1784144614477504899

With this rule...

If you don't do this 

You just end up doing this 

It is farcical, always hasbeen always will be

[Diocletian]

An idiotic, poorly thought out law with unintended consequences that anyone with even half a clue could've foreseen conceived out of spite by a vindictive loser to bring down their morally superior and more successful betters ...Shocking really should start a left wing political party..

[MintOnLamb]

An idiotic, poorly thought out law with unintended consequences that anyone with even half a clue could've foreseen conceived out of spite by a vindictive loser to bring down their morally superior and more successful betters ...Shocking really should start a left wing political party..

Succinctly stated