The point of them having a tracker has been mentioned multiple times. It's also a collaborated effort, not a single group putting forth all the work. None of the groups involved are Scene, either, and AFR rips aren't quality based, as much as they are size regulation handy.
All trackers are a collaborated effort in a way, since many scene groups and in-house rippers contribute to the number of torrents that are on the tracker. If they are going to release exclusively to their tracker, which I don't see happening since there will always be one leaker looking to get upload credit at other topsites, then I could see the great benefit of it. Will they get cooperation from more than a couple scene groups? Technically they will be considered a tracker and that word in their community is considered as bad the word "trader" in this community.
And I'm not an AFR expert by any means, but I certainly like how the releases spread by groups like ShitBusters and their friends look.