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I really think that if the main issue is trying to add some integrity to the process when you sub a player out for whatever reason then they have to miss the following week.
Having the 5th player as a sub was originally designed to ensure Doctors weren't pressured into putting a potentially concussed player back on the field or so they could perform a proper test. It quickly morphed into cover other injuries and of course there is a healthy level of skepticism that coaches are using it now to add some run later in games. It was always likely to happen.
There is a concussion protocol of 12 days in place and I think there is some merit of using that number to players that are subbed off from any game. If you get subbed off then regardless of the injury you can't play for 12 days at the senior level. That puts the onus back onto the coaches to consider before substituting a player.
I don't mind Bevo's suggestion but I think a more simple approach clears up the integrity challenge.
That would be a massive change. It would kill the VFL as you would need to keep your 10 subs fresh. Stats, games played, SuperCoach etc would be all over the shop. Fitness would be much less valued in players and tiring the opposition would lose its value as a tactic, just sprint for a half and call it a day
This isn't the time or place for common sense!
They've done studies you know, 60% of the time, it works every time!
Brian Fantana.
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