And what pray tell can the man on the mark do about it?hotdish wrote: Even if teams do it, the man on the mark will be more aware of it, and teams will strategise against it.
Absolutely nothing - it doesn't allow any opportunity for the opponents and hence isn't in the spirit of a competitive sport.
Those who think the win is more important than the spirit must think greg chappel a genius. Or that it would be a good move to play a thug in a GF to deliberately take out ...ooh lets say ablett, ling, and bartel.
Port Adelaide infamously did this in the SANFL 1982 prelim.
There is an unwritten code as well as a written code - it's called sportsmanship!