Are you serious? The maximum game rule has been in place for many years (no more than 8 in a higher grade) and is in every AFL competition in Australia. They also need to complete a minimum amount of games which from memory is 4 in the grade that they play in. The rule that players can play in any division if all play on the one day / round has also been in place for a long time. Getting rid of these rules would be detrimental to the clubs ability to get enough numbers on the park on game day. Every club in the Sydney AFL has been abiding by these rules (and using them) for a long time however now that Sydney Uni have won a few games on the weekend all of a sudden everyone wants them changed??? Hats off to Sydney Uni for beating a highly fancied Wests side in PD who more than likely underestimated the ability of Sydney Uni. As did the rest of us I think who assumed they were simply making up the numbers in the finals. I am actually amazed that Sydney Uni won it and I too looked at the list that played on the weekend and I can tell you with confidence that none of them were regular NEAFL players. Evan Smith played a few games as did David Johnson but neither exceeded the maximum and both played plenty of PD games to be considered genuine PD players.
IMO players shouldn't have to sit in the stands when they can be playing a game of footy which is especially important in this state. Many on here spruik about the merits of divionalisation and how that has helped grow the player numbers and keep clubs alive. I would think that this is part of it.
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