Why Change The Rules

With the start of the AFL season upon us, I have one question. Why must the league insist on stuffing up our great game, by constantly changing the rules?? It survived for 100+ years working beautifully, as it was and yet some clown who either has never played the game...or at least only a handful of games, insists that he/she knows best and that we need to "tweak" the rule book. Surely the best people to consult on rule changes are the real experts... the players and the coaches. These are the people who's livelyhood hinges on the results each week and season. Not the bloke who sits in the plush office at AFL House, behind the big mahongony desk, looking pretty swish in his new Armani suit.

With the game's pace on the increase, and this is mainly due to the ever increasing professionalism and training methods, the chances of injury is more a risk now than it has ever been. Added to this, the pressure being placed on players and coaches to keep their jobs is enormous. The natural progression of the game is enough, without the added stresses placed on the players by "tweaking"a rule or two. Lets hope common sense prevails... and quickly.