Netball authorities face pressure to stop charging for rule book NETBALL's international governing body is set to make the game's rule book freely available after pressure from a Brisbane dad who highlighted the "bizarre" decision to charge up to $23 for a copy. While most other sports make their rules freely available, the International Netball Federation (INF) charges $16.22 with postage for the Official Rules of Netball (although it's currently out of stock). With postage, Netball NSW and Netball Qld charge $21.50 and $22.80 respectively. Brisbane father Adam Suess says the fees make it hard for youngsters to learn the rules of the game, which is regularly played by more than one million Australian females and a small number of males (according to December 2012 ABS data). He started a petition on the website Change.org calling on the INF to drop the charges and post the rules online after his 11-year-old daughter Melissa became keen on the sport. "My daughter loves playing netball and I wanted to make sure I was across all the rules, so I went online to find them," Mr Suess said. It seems a bizarre way to promote the sport. Why don't they just post a copy online for everyone to download? Netball Australia CEO Kate Palmer agrees and says the INF will consider scrapping the fees at its August board meeting. Netball Australia offers a "snapshot" version of the rules on its website, and Ms Palmer says the rules are freely available from other sources, including development programs. "I absolutely take the point being made here and I know a lot of other international sports make their rules available," she told AAP. The INF did not immediately respond to a request for comment.