Sam Newman said last night on The Footy Show that he has it on good authority that the AFL is looking at a major change to ease congestion.

Newman said that the AFL is considering a rule change whereby each side must have at least three players in their forward whenever there is a ball up anywhere on the ground.

AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan said on 3AW radio this morning that he is a fan of the idea.

โ€œI like it. I donโ€™t know where he got it from, but itโ€™s an inspired idea,โ€ he said.

โ€œI saw Sam during the week and we had a good chat about it.

โ€œHeโ€™s very passionate about the game.

 โ€œIn the middle of the year the footy always gets congested.

โ€œThe footy in the last month has been bloody good again.

โ€œThereโ€™s sort of four buckets (of ideas for football operations boss Mark Evans and his team) to have a look at.

โ€œIt (Samโ€™s idea) would be on the list. Whether he (Evans) thinks it will get as much traction is a different thing.โ€

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  1. Newman can keep his proposed new rule, soon itโ€™ll be like netball where they break the oval into thirds, defensive, centre and attacking thirds, depending on which way your going, youโ€™ll only be allowed to stay in your positional zone only

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