Q. wrote:marbles wrote:jo172 wrote:I tend to think assuming the Amateur League is only fielding less then 66 total Clubs (comprising Divs 1-6 and the top half of Div 7) then there's a reasonable argument for C/D grades to be allowed to field 25 man teams against A/B Grade 21 sides.
after seeing what my young team mates went through yesterday, i dont understand why you are all for 25 man teams?
15 out of the 25 players get to play only 50% of the game, how is that justifiable? how is that enticing to the individual?
Then the coach is at fault for not rotating more fairly.
yeap your right in many perspectives - the less players to get full games, the better for everyone as the cake gets shared around more
but if its a goal for goal game, no coach is gonna pull his top monkeys off, just for rotations sake. the win is first priority
my opinion would be to field 22 players only, rest more players, and rotate them week to week rather than during the game as more game time becomes available to the individual