Agreed, horrible but it was a reasonable plan going into a rushed season. At the moment there is no need to even consider it especially when each club has an injury sub.
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There are plenty of options to shorten game time with out actually shortening games.
What about we get rid of the stupid ruck nomination and just throw the ball up. That would take about 2 minutes off every quarter.
We can also get rid of the goal review and saves heaps of time. Trust the guy given the job.
Plus adjudicate the holding the ball instead of allowing every player to just roll into a tackle and wait for the ball up.
Scott wants to shorten the actual playing time, not just the overall duration of the game. Tweaking reviews, ruck nominations etc isn't enough for him because that doesn't reduce the playing time. He doesn't want his players having to run and compete for as long as they currently have to.
Geelong the oldest team in history and Scott wants to save their old legs.
Leave the game alone
Bevo was asked about this and basically said any changes would need to be collaborative, based on data and that decisions shouldn't be made so 'one or two people get their way'. Well deserved backhander for Chris Scott.