Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Huge last hour coming up on Fireball. We're lucky to have our next guest live in the studio. He got up early. He's been here since 6.30 for Cobram Estate, Australia's most awarded extra virgin olive oil. Grown, harvested and first cold-pressed in northern Victoria, they bring us the one and only Tom Morris. Tommy, good morning. Morning, Cain.
Morning, Kingy. I get in my car this morning after going to BodyFit, Cain, BFT, and the first thing I hear is a crack at me. Kingy calls me selfish. You have a crack at the new ball. I'm thinking to myself, am I family or what? What's going on here?
You went with the ridiculous saying... New ballers, which we rightly called out. And then you tried to double down with crunch timers on the weekend.
You know, in Adelaide, people were coming up to me saying, I'm a baller and I'm also a new baller.
They cross over to Venn Diagram. That's a lie. That's a lie. No one did that.
Quite a few people did that. Not one person did that. Multiple people.
Not one single person did that. Hey, a bit of drama in the world of AFL. Nothing is new. Let's start with, well, where do you want to start? With the arc or the stand?
Well, this is what we're going to say. So the AFL's got a few issues to work through this week, don't they? So they've got the stand rule. Friday night, Ben Miller gives away a 50-meter penalty. A bit of confusion around that. Saturday afternoon, Jared Witts gives away a 50-meter penalty. He and Jamara were in the protected area. And then the holding the ball rule as well.
I said on Crunch Time on Saturday that Richmond weren't happy with the way that was adjudicated against Melbourne. Clearly it didn't cost them the game, but they'll seek clarity this week on that. So that's stand rule, holding the ball. And then yesterday we had an ARC controversy.
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Chapter 2: What issues are being raised with the stand rule and the ARC?
So that's something the AFL needs to clarify. You want to make sure you get the decision right because I'm not sure they did.
Well, I think that's actually the bigger issue, the fact that they've overruled something which is contentious at best, having watched it very closely. It's not clear whether Rowan Marshall ā controlled that ball on or before the line. Like, so that, and that was controversial as well.
And then the timekeepers have to reset the clock, the champion data team take away the stats that were accumulated within that little period of time as well. So that. I went on a bit of a deep dive and this is what I do this morning when I get up early, Cain, as you say. You love a time error. And I thought I do like a time error. Well, I don't enjoy it, but it's just too common. You love it.
One thing that was on my mind is what has happened to ball chip technology? It was all the rage two years ago. Remember that being trialed in VFL?
Josh Marnie. He went over to the AFLW. AFLW. Six-week assignment, come back with nothing.
Laura Kane went on study tours to research technology in other sports, found out it works well in baseball and works well in tennis.
Went to Mykonos to check out the ball chip technology.
Not sure he went to the Super Bowl. That was his first task. What did he bring back? Not much.
A suntan. That's all he brought back. So what I can tell you this morning, Kane and Kingy, is the issue with ball chip technology was it could only get the league to 97% and 98% accuracy, and they needed 99% accuracy. Oh, did they? So for the moment, they've just put that on the back burner, Kingy. They've put it on the back burner.
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Chapter 3: What technological advancements are being discussed for improving the game?
That was ugly vision, wasn't it? I mean, that would just look terrible. Tim English is also a chance, as is Artie Jones. Hugo Ralphsmith, four to six weeks with an MCL, as Xander Maguire reported yesterday. Harrison Petty is one to three weeks away. More tests on vertigo, heart rate, concussion before he gets cleared to play. So they're still investigating. And Oscar Allen, just cautious there.
His ankle's okay. And Bobby Hill got through in the VFL for Collingwood.
And Burku's got a bit of whiplash from looking back at where his man is.
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