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Message: [QUOTE="Organix, post: 3291418, member: 8187"] Yes, and the answer all along was to simply ref the game to the rules that were in place. If high shots were correctly enforced, players would not be tackling so high, making the wrestle (one goes high to wrap the ball, one low to slow the forward movement) no longer a high percentage play. It means ball-carriers will either A) find the ground sooner, or B) Offload, which will inherently speed the game up. Furthermore, it would require the tacklers to improve their technique and solid cutting tackles and legs tackles would effectively be validated because A) they knock the ball-carrier down or backwards, or B) all effective tackles are granted the same 3 seconds on the ground rule, and there will be none of this discretionary "milking" or "surrender" bullshit. Essentially, rugby league was in a very good place and if the 2018 crackdown had persisted, we would have a clean and fast game without the wrestle. Honestly, if anything the only rule that needed adjustment was the 7 tackle set from a kick going dead in goal, wherein the attacking team yields control, 20 meters of field position and momentum because of a minor error in placement or power in an attacking kick. The whole point of the rule was to prevent the Soward style boot it from your 40m to get a rest and set the defensive line at 30m. Honestly, the game just needs to take a minute and consider what their changes will do to the game and how a Big Bash style of sport is like all the new age commercialised fads. There is a reason why some things are classics and last for decades or centuries and why other things burn bright for a short time and then fade away. I do not want Rugby League to fade away. [/QUOTE]

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