AFL legend Malcolm Blight wants four rule changes introduced to help make the game a more attractive product.
Nine new rule and interpretation changes were implemented by the AFL in 2019 including 6-6-6 starting formations and players no longer needing to kick to themselves to play on from the goal square.
But Blight believes he has the answers to making football more free-flowing and athletically pleasing to watch.
“I reckon there’s four things you can try. I reckon those four things would hurry the game up and make it a lot better,” Blight told SEN’s Whateley.
“I watched the 1993 Essendon versus Geelong game when Gary Ablett Snr kicked 14 and Paul Salmon kicked 10 the other day.
“If you want to see what footy was really like, have a look at that game, it was unbelievable football; open, fast and goals.”
Below are Malcolm Blight’s four rule changes:
- Last touch out of bounds.
- Kick length for a mark goes to 20m.
- Any backwards kick is play on.
- Fewer rotations.
Listen to Malcolm Blight explain his four rule changes in the player below