Essendon captain Jobe Watson was subbed out through injury earlier in the season. Picture: Colleen Petch Source: Colleen Petch / HeraldSun
SCRAP the cap and put four back on the bench.
That is the clear view of players in an exclusive AFL Players' Association-Herald Sun player survey.
It shows players have lost faith in umpires, with 83 per cent reporting inconsistency in their enforcement of rules from week to week.
And players have had enough of fiddling with the rules - 75 per cent supported a three-year moratorium on changes.
The substitute rule, under which three players can be used as interchanges and one player from the starting 21 can be replaced by a substitute, was introduced in 2011.
But 79.6 per cent of the 654 players surveyed want a return to the four-player interchange system.
A decision on the interchange cap was due to be made at Monday's meeting of the AFL Commission, although the Essendon case may prevent it.
There is urgency because a low cap - 80 a team a match was put to the commission last season - would affect decisions clubs make about player retention, drafting and trading.
The Herald Sun understands a cap of 120 is more likely to be introduced.
Teams have averaged about 140 rotations a match this season.
The commission last year delayed implementing a recommendation from the Laws of the Game committee to cap interchanges at 80, although AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou said a cap of some kind would be introduced.
New AFL football operations manager Mark Evans has already moved to clear up confusion over the interpretation of several rules.
Evans will host a summit of senior coaches and umpires in November so coaches, players and umpires can be on the same page on interpretations of the most contentious rules as they begin training for next season.
Rules likely to be covered include illegal disposal in tackling; players drawing head-high contact and other frees; and interpretations of rules in marking contests.
The sliding rule may also be up for discussion, with almost 64 per cent of players saying it had not been implemented successfully this season and 53 per cent agreeing the rule was required at all.
"It is vitally important to clubs and coaches they can instruct and prepare their players on how the laws will be applied," Evans said.
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