Adrian Anderson
Adrian Anderson
challenge clubs learn match occasion opportunity players plays provides strategies test umpires using
The NAB Challenge provides the AFL an opportunity to test rules, it provides clubs the opportunity to test new players and set plays and strategies and we are using the occasion to test an idea to see if there is anything we can learn from having umpires officiating the match from different angles.
behaved main players reason suspect
I suspect the main reason is that the players are fundamentally well behaved on-field. They have become more and more disciplined.
match point regional trial
There was no thought to introducing this in the NAB Cup. This is a very preliminary, experimental trial only for a regional match at this point of time.
complaint confirmed intend reports
No reports were lodged and the Bulldogs haven't lodged any complaint and we confirmed with the Bulldogs they don't intend to.
action definition matter
It's not a matter of which is the appropriate definition to be applied, ... but what it (i.e. the action) was.
eligible financial five good offence past player whose
A player whose only offence in the past five years was a financial sanction will be eligible for a five-year good record.
discretion explain factors follow parameters people provide reached system
What this system endeavours to do, ... is provide factors which explain the discretion and make it transparent and accountable (and) some parameters by which people can follow how they've reached their decision.
discretion explain factors outline provide scholars-and-scholarship system
What this system endeavours to do is to provide some factors which outline the discretion, which explain the discretion and make it accountable and transparent.
case coaches committee discussed input process rather relying season sitting talking
We discussed a process of actually me sitting down with the coaches after the end of the season and talking about where the laws' committee is at and getting the input face-to-face with the coaches, rather than relying on a coaches' representative on the laws' committee, which has been the case in the past.