The Cats currently make the least number of changes per game in the league.
Their average tally of 105 is well below the 130 interchanges made each week by the Western Bulldogs, who boast the highest average in the competition.
"I'm not one to try and shape rules for our own advantage," Thompson said at Skilled Stadium on Tuesday.
"I’ll let the AFL decide what they want to do.
"If they want to bring it down to 80 or 100…they’re the rule makers and we'll live by [their rules].
"In fact, I’ve been encouraging our coaches to try and reduce [interchanges], anyway."
Thompson said the reduction in his team’s rotations has come about because he didn't want to blindly follow the pack.
"I didn’t want to be a copy-cat," Thompson said. "I feel and sometimes the players feel they’d rather stay on the ground a bit longer.
"They can be on the ground for four or five minutes, and not get a touch, then two minutes before you’re due to take them off they get two or three quick ones.
They say to us, 'Why don’t you leave me on, while I’ve got myself into the rhythm of the game?'
"I take their feedback and I think it’s good feedback to receive as the coach."
Thompson said key forward Tom Hawkins was likely to line up against the Sydney Swans at ANZ Stadium on Saturday night.
Hawkins has played two games in the VFL since returning from a foot problem.
"We want to play him," Thompson said.
"It's just a matter of what he wants to do - whether he's feeling comfortable and ready to play at that level."
Shannon Byrnes will also return against the Swans after missing last weekend's clash with the Brisbane Lions at Skilled Stadium due to general soreness.
