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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 276434"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Zambaman @ Aug 30 2009, 08:54 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=409784" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>Obviously you cannot read.</p><p></p><p>No one has suggested that.</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p>On the contrary, your first suggestion of allowing players to take a mark anywhere in their own half will promote that style of play. Teams that are strong in the air will target players that are not and will find themselves with free-kicks close to half-way. Free Kicks that can be turned into attempted drop goals if the catcher is strong at kicking ala some of the South African backs. Additionally, your second suggestion will have no effect on that situation but will be over punitive on players looking for touch but coming up short. The end result will be teams exploiting marks for ground position and an AFL style game occurring against team with weaker aerial games. Further there'll be more of the rubbish grubber kicks that occur frequently enough as is.</p><p>[/b][/quote]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Err, I don't know where you learned English but.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>"pretty much all over the field".... IS NOT EQUAL TO ...."anywhere in their own half"</strong></span></p><p></p><p>What I AM suggesting is to effectively move the protected status of the 22 for the mark up to the half-way line. Someone else has suggested perhaps to only move it to the 10m line. I could go with that.</p><p></p><p>However, this following statement of from you is complete ********, and shows me that you have neither read and understood my initial post, nor do you have a sound understanding of the Laws relating the the <em>Mark</em> and the <em>Free Kick</em></p><p></p><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div></p><p></p><p>In case you don't know the Laws (and obviously you don't)</p><p></p><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div></p><p></p><p>So a player (Green 10) cannot "target" a "weak in the air" opponent (Gold 13) with a kick, then have his own teammate (Green 12) Mark the ball, just inside his own half. The Law doesn't allow it.</p><p></p><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div></p><p></p><p>A player taking a mark near half way is NOT be allowed to have a drop kick at goal. The Law prohibits it.</p><p></p><p>Now I don't mind objections to my suggestions. Far from it, I invite debate; its why I posted the ideas in the first place. However, I really take issue with posters objecting to things that <strong> I haven't said</strong>, and arguing consequences that won't happen, because they don't know the Laws.</p><p></p><p>Now go back and read my original post, and try to understand what it says, then if you have an issue, make sure you are debating sensibly from a position of knowledge the Laws. You can download your own copy here;</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.irblaws.com/downloads/EN/irb_law_book_2009_en.pdf" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.irblaws.com/images/covers/download-en.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 276434"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Zambaman @ Aug 30 2009, 08:54 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=409784']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Obviously you cannot read. No one has suggested that. [/b][/quote] On the contrary, your first suggestion of allowing players to take a mark anywhere in their own half will promote that style of play. Teams that are strong in the air will target players that are not and will find themselves with free-kicks close to half-way. Free Kicks that can be turned into attempted drop goals if the catcher is strong at kicking ala some of the South African backs. Additionally, your second suggestion will have no effect on that situation but will be over punitive on players looking for touch but coming up short. The end result will be teams exploiting marks for ground position and an AFL style game occurring against team with weaker aerial games. Further there'll be more of the rubbish grubber kicks that occur frequently enough as is. [/b][/quote] Err, I don't know where you learned English but. [SIZE=2][b]"pretty much all over the field".... IS NOT EQUAL TO ...."anywhere in their own half"[/b][/SIZE] What I AM suggesting is to effectively move the protected status of the 22 for the mark up to the half-way line. Someone else has suggested perhaps to only move it to the 10m line. I could go with that. However, this following statement of from you is complete ********, and shows me that you have neither read and understood my initial post, nor do you have a sound understanding of the Laws relating the the [i]Mark[/i] and the [i]Free Kick[/i] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div> In case you don't know the Laws (and obviously you don't) <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div> So a player (Green 10) cannot "target" a "weak in the air" opponent (Gold 13) with a kick, then have his own teammate (Green 12) Mark the ball, just inside his own half. The Law doesn't allow it. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div> A player taking a mark near half way is NOT be allowed to have a drop kick at goal. The Law prohibits it. Now I don't mind objections to my suggestions. Far from it, I invite debate; its why I posted the ideas in the first place. However, I really take issue with posters objecting to things that [b] I haven't said[/b], and arguing consequences that won't happen, because they don't know the Laws. Now go back and read my original post, and try to understand what it says, then if you have an issue, make sure you are debating sensibly from a position of knowledge the Laws. You can download your own copy here; [url="http://www.irblaws.com/downloads/EN/irb_law_book_2009_en.pdf"][img]http://www.irblaws.com/images/covers/download-en.jpg[/img][/url] [/QUOTE]
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