Editing Running up the score (section)

===Australian rules football===
There is no negative stigma associated with running up the score in [[Australian rules football]], as the sport lacks any obvious means to kill off a match quickly and painlessly, and time-wasting is both unpopular with fans and discouraged by the [[Laws of Australian rules football|laws of the game]].

The only tiebreaker used in most leagues is the [[goal average|ratio of points for versus points against]] (known in the code as "percentage"), a system that encourages teams to record large scores and winning margins, occurring frequently when there is a large disparity between ability.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Herald Sun|publication-place=Melbourne|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/alastair-clarkson-plots-attacking-plan-to-give-hawthorn-best-chance-of-playing-home-finals/story-fni5f8ge-1227462190838|title=Alastair Clarkson plots attacking plan to give Hawthorn best chance of playing home finals|author=Jon Ralph|date=29 July 2015|access-date=29 July 2015}}</ref> Running up the score occurs in all levels of play, but it is particularly prevalent in metropolitan and country leagues, where weaker teams can often be beaten by margins of 200 points or more.