Former West Coast coach John Worsfold, who is now a member of the Laws Committee, questioned whether congestion is actually more prevalent in the game in 2014.
After floating the idea of zones to restrict player movement as a solution last month, Worsfold said rule changes were unlikely with teams still producing "some good, fast footy".
"At the moment the Laws of the Game Committee, along with the AFL Commission, are fairly keen to not make too many more changes to the way the game is going," Worsold said on Channel 7’s AFL Game Day.
"At the moment we're just keen to see the game evolve itself, see what coaches do about it.
"We're still seeing some great footy, great running footy."
Worsfold last month suggested zones were a far-fetched proposition and said the Laws Committee was more likely to see how the game evolved naturally.
On Sunday he defended the move to explore how such a zoning rule would work in the AFL.
"It was discussed earlier on, whether it's ever going to be discussed again who knows," he said.
"We can't say ‘let's fix the mauls by not changing anything’, or not explore what other possibilities are out there.
"Sometimes I like seeing that in hard tackling, with numbers in there crunching into each other until the ball does spill out.
"We're still seeing some good, fast footy. We're still seeing scoring stay about the same, so it's not slowing scoring down."
