AFL caps interchange rotations at 120 per team for next season Rotations ... St Kilda players come on and off the ground. EACH club will have a limit of 120 interchange rotations per match for the next two seasons. The AFL Commission has ticked off on the cap - but says that decision will be reviewed late in the 2015 season. The cap will not have quarter by quarter restrictions. It is believed a team that exceeds the cap will be penalised with a free kick and a 50m penalty. The introduction of a cap is against the wishes of players and many clubs. The Herald Sun reported last week that 88 per cent of players were against a cap. The commission agreed in principle to a cap last year, but delayed its introduction so more research could be done this season. The Laws of the Game Committee had suggested a cap of 80 but Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson said 120 was a more sensible number. "It's a pretty dramatic change to go to 80, and no one really knows what's going to happen to the game," Clarkson said earlier this year. Hopefully, common sense will prevail and if they want to introduce a cap, then cap it at something sensible like 120. The AFLPA said there was "no good reason why this proposal should be introduced" and there was "insufficient evidence to support a link between rotations and injury rates." The submission contends "the proposal will lead to increased player fatigue" and ``injury rates may, in fact, increase or remain stable due to a spike in fatigue related injuries." It also says a cap could lead to negative tactics from coaches and adversely affect the spectacle of the game. Last month, North Melbourne coach Brad Scott told the Herald Sun he wanted the game to be left alone. I believe the game is in good shape and should be left the way it is. We shouldn't tinker with the rules," Scott said. I think we have to consider the bigger picture and what's best for the game, opposed to what's best for individual teams, and it's with that in mind that I believe we should leave it uncapped. Of the more than 10,000 fans who took part in the Herald Sun Fox Footy Fans Survey last month, 86 per cent said there were too many rule changes.