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I thought it made very little difference when actually playing defensively because as a defender you can still just sit outside it and track offensive players into it when the need arises. When attacking you can force defending players into it and then just wait for them to move which is probably lamer than what it's meant to prevent (which isn't even a safety/necessity rule issue, it's a subjective aesthetic issue). It also adds a lot of grey areas for refs and players (I had no idea what the rules were regarding allowed penalties, hopping/pivots/one wheel inside etc etc).
Overall I'm not really a fan but I'm not really against it. I just think it's still a lot simpler to widen the goals, making active defence (as opposed to passively waiting for the attack to hit a wall of bikes) the best way to prevent goals. Plus, look how many equally matched games do not go to 5 goals - we could have more goals!!