That’s why the alternate rules comitee was made.

https://sites.google.com/site/dbaltgamereg/home/candidate-rules

Anyone who plays can join in.

I myself have already used a slam to push an opponent along the launching line hoping he’d fail the catch. It’s a different tactic. Is it less valuable. I don’t think so, does it change the way the game might be played : sure.

I have a 2 planned matches this week-end, one against Judwan. This might prove interesting according to the tactic my opponent will choose.

In the end, I totally agree with you stating that a whole team of ‘misdirectors’ might completely change the game and its whereabouts. Judwans’ opponent won’t probably be faulty every time one of their players ends on the launching line.

I just feel it results in games that aren’t played “as they should be”. I.e. instead of doing an awesome throw-and-pass game to score, you’ll run into Judwan teams that mainly try to “push” you around to exploit that particular rule (and you respond by abandoning the mid-field).

The idea behind the Judwan, which I love as a concept, is the first fatality if they become the first choice of people trying to rig the game.

The relaunching of the ball and the catching of the ball by an opponent does not deprive your team from her rush.

But failing to catch the launching of the ball after your opponent just scored a strike effectively does.

Yet the Judwans feinting your players doesn’t leave you out of options, several teams have players that might dodge or Slamback the feinting. Yet, Judwans do indeed have a nice options.

As I haven’t played against them yet, I can’t confirm your fear of them nerfing the game, but I’m not as afraid as you seem to be. Not yet.

But it’s now that I came across the problem so I wrote about it now. I don’t think there is ever a time too early to think (!) about changes (as I try to do here), even though the decision whether to actually official FAQ the rules should obviously be based on something more thorough than one blog’s ramblings

It makes the same point: http://quirkworthy.com/2012/11/03/living-faq-dreadball/

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“Also, if you fail to catch the ball on launch then your Rush ends and your opponent does, in effect, get two Rushes in a row. Again, very nasty.”

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The thing is that Jake Thornton constantly stresses how it is “your own fault” as a coach for positioning your player in that way. And I agree, if that were the only reliable way to get into the mess, the rule would apply to everyone equally. Harsh but fair.

The problem is that with the introduction of Misdirect, and with a team where every player has that skill and (!) gets a bonus to do it, that is simply no longer the case.

The FAQ in the Season 2 book (quoted in the article, and presumably written by Jake Thornton) seems to deliberately make the opposite point.

However, things would be different if the Marauders had just scored and one of their players missed the ball just launched. (but if a Jack or Striker manages to catch the ball with just after it has been launched, it could use the free action to attempt to score again).