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Does anyone think the way we play is partly to blame at all for the differential ?
Like I said. Get rid of prior opportunity and more than half of the umpiring issues are solved. Player chooses to take possession of the ball and doesn’t get rid of it legally - fee kick. Easy. Watch footy prior to ‘96, like the Rich v Ess semi final ‘95 or any game in ‘95 you will see less stoppages and more free flowing footy because there was no prior opportunity rule and players were paid free kicks when they tackled someone.
Quote from: Tigeritis™©® on May 15, 2021, 09:17:07 AMLike I said. Get rid of prior opportunity and more than half of the umpiring issues are solved. Player chooses to take possession of the ball and doesn’t get rid of it legally - fee kick. Easy. Watch footy prior to ‘96, like the Rich v Ess semi final ‘95 or any game in ‘95 you will see less stoppages and more free flowing footy because there was no prior opportunity rule and players were paid free kicks when they tackled someone.Did Dimma give you a call Tigeritis?He said exactly the same thing at his presser this morning, get rid of prior opportunity
Get rid of prior opportunity rule. It’s too open to interpretation. Footy survived without it for hundreds of years. I think it causes all these issues. No call for holding the ball. No call for dropping the ball (incorrect disposal). No calls for ball seemingly falling out of hands when tackled. All because the umpire is trying to ascertain prior opportunity. If prior opportunity doesn’t exist all these are free kicks and the ball is moving again and stoppage is avoided (ball up avoided). Increased speed means more tired players means more open games means more goals scored and a return to mid 90’s footy and pre-prior opportunity rule introduction (1996)Currently if your a forward and your running after the ball with the defender the forward is encouraged not to possess the ball but to wait for the defender to get possession so the forward can tackle to create a stoppage the defender doesn’t mind because if there’s no prior he won’t get pinged. This happens time and time again and we get multiple stoppages. Get rid of Prior opportunity players and clubs will adapt to it. Good players already do and know how to get rid of the footy they are already good at it because they are ball getters and are elite. If a player decides to possess the ball he must dispose of it properly otherwise he will think of different ways to make it work as we have seen countless times by Dusty. The great players are already doing it because they are ball winners. Even on Friday night we saw Rioli tap the ball into space and run onto it creating a nice passage of attacking footy. We would see more of that type of thing. A lot of problems would be solved and umpires would love to be able to just call it as it is. #getridofprioropportinity
