Contention: That AFL umpires are hopeless and are highly protected by the AFL
Audience: AFL Fans
AFL Umpires are the worst people of controlling a situation/game. You don’t see basketball referees going up to players talking back the way AFL umpires do. The Footy rules committee only keeps changing the rules because the white maggots aren’t calling them are calling one but not the rest. AFL umpires are the most protected official’s in the game of sport. Why? The AFL is so over protective of their umpires cause they don’t want the AFL to get a bad name because of it’s officials.
Of course every umpire is allowed to make a mistake their are only human but AFL umpires follow them up with even more silly decisions. In last years Grand Final Darren Golspink gave a free kick to West Coast when it should have been to Sydney and then he gave them a 50 m penalty as Hall played on. Then to even the game up he give Sydney a free kick, which wasn’t there, followed by a 50 m penalty. Which put Sydney straight in front of goals if Sydney could kick straight it could have changed the end result. Umpires are just a third team on game day in florescent yellow and greens tops on green bossing around the players. Wishing they, were Chris Judd rather then being labelled as “white maggots” and “green maggots?” Umpires may get abused and hassled on game day, I understand about the abuse they get from players and spectators, but that does not give them the right to completely ruin the game and turning it into a game of Netball.
The Essay on Game Anthony Time Player
Final Shot It was Feburary 3, 2005 it was my championship game. I still can't believe you didn't go to that game Kenny. It was the best game that I played in my whole career of basketball. It all started when I was listening to my CD player I was already in my zone so at game time I got on the court with my team warming up talking about the other teams best player. I was trying to get warmed up ...
You never hear about umpires in the news and I’m here to tell you that they can do even worse then the players. Can everyone remember the comments that James Hird Made about Scott Mc Clearn about his bad umpiring on the footy show. This news was in the news for weeks. Russ O’Deller an AFL umpire last year commented on the sub standard of play at a Richmond and Bulldogs game. He quoted “Half these blokes wouldn’t get a game in under 15’s in New South Wales.” We don’t hear about AFL Umpires in the Media is because the AFL is too protective of they men in white rather then players bringing in the money. Every time an AFL, players go out and get drunk or into a fight, it’s on the news the next day. About three years one very highly known umpire goes out and gets drunk until 3am and we don’t hear about. Why because the AFL is too protective and don’t want people do think the Umpires are “slackers”.
The hands in the back rule is somewhat an extension of the push in the back rule, and in some cases is warranted. However, until the umpires are able to firstly get themselves into the right positions, and then actually make decisions that are consistently based on how the rules are written, the players, coaches and spectators alike will remain confused and frustrated. I agree that rules need to be reviewed, but I don’t think that rules need to be changed or created. The rules committee at the end of last year changed the push in the back to hands in the back, the only reason for because the umpires weren’t calling. Now they stop the game as soon as some one touches them in the back, AFL is meant to be a contact sport not a game of netball.
How can we let these umpires over run the game everyone loves? First of all the umpires can have just as strict punishments as the players have and get people who know the rules and don’t talk back and be rude. Now lets stop these people in green tops ruin the best game ever.