It has been commonplace over the years for AFL greats to complain about the latest rule changes.
A consistent theme from those that played the game at the highest level was just to leave the rules alone, they have held the game in good stead for well over a century.
That hasn't stopped regular tinkering, however, with new AFL footy boss Graeme Swann bringing in a raft of sweeping changes shortly into his tenure.
Port Adelaide premiership player Kane Cornes has summarised his thoughts and had one key issue with the sweeping changes.
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“My overriding thought on this is that most of these rule changes are as a result of the AFL already changing the rules,” he said on SEN Breakfast.
“The stand rule situation is a rule change off the back of another rule change. So they got the first rule change wrong and they have to adjust the rule again to fix it.
“The insufficient intent rule has now led to last disposal out of bounds. So they’ve had to change the rule again because we changed the adjudication of the rule.
“The ruck rule at the centre bounce, we’ve got to change that because we changed the rule to allow the rucks to cross the line.
“When you change rules it leads to problems and this has led to another seven rule changes, largely in reaction to rules they’ve already changed."
There has also been a change to the perpetually contentious prior opportunity rule, with "shrugging" in the tackle now being taken into account.
Cornes believes that will be "really difficult to adjudicate", although he conceded there were some rule tweaks he does support.
“Some of them were needed," he acknowledged. "We’ve been complaining about the ruck nomination setup around the ground for a long time. I think that is a positive move.
“It was farcical to think that an umpire would delay throwing the ball up until he had to clear nominees. So I think that is good.
“I’ve got no issue with the kick-in time being shortened, more in line with how long players get around the ground. I don’t think we’ll notice much of that.
“The new centre bounce situation where the rucks can’t cross the line is great.”