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Not to mention when a 50m is paid due to umpire dissent amd the player reacts with another arms out. By the letter of the law, this should be another 50m.Yep. He was talking in riddles.
All the dissent frees that were paid were correct, and there were six that were missed. What were these 6?
Dissent is to be judged by the umpires, and he stopped short of stating 'Arms out is dissent', which was interesting.
Nothing surer than a free to be paid for dissent when a player puts his arms out appealing for a free kick over the next couple of rounds, which apparently is not considered dissent.
On the other hand it could become a farce is 100 50m penalties are paidNot to mention when a 50m is paid due to umpire dissent amd the player reacts with another arms out. By the letter of the law, this should be another 50m.
This happened with Hawkins. He gave away a 50m for standing too close to sicily. Then put his arms out. Should've been another 50m.
This weekend i'm going to screenshot every arms out that isn't paid in 1 game of footy. And find a way to put it into 1 photo. i reckon i'll get about 100 in 1 game. And Brad Scott has the nerve to say they only missed 6.
100%. but a farce will create change. i'd rather it be a circus for a week or 2 than pay 20 umpire dissent's only to miss 467.On the other hand it could become a farce is 100 50m penalties are paid
There will be so much coaching this week to stop players even looking at the umpires let alone putting their arms out. So just wait another 4 weeks until they slacken off again and start ignoring the arms outThis weekend i'm going to screenshot every arms out that isn't paid in 1 game of footy. And find a way to put it into 1 photo. i reckon i'll get about 100 in 1 game. And Brad Scott has the nerve to say they only missed 6.
Yep, sure.
There is no place for anyone who risks showing emotion whilst participating in any type of sport.
Yep, and this is exactly where this line is blurred, and therefore the cause of all of the angst/confusion at the moment.Emotion is fine.
Dissent / hostility / unnecessarily remonstrating with the Ump isnt.
Learning to control your emotions when needed is part of being a functional adult
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How many 50m penalties for BT here …. The good old days when dissent was dissent !!!!
but thats the thing, eye rolls are just as bad as arms out. What muppet decided that arms out was more dissent than an eye roll when they both mean the same thing.Can't wait until we have 50 metre penalties for eye rolls.
Zero tolerance is not black and white until dissent is defined, and it is clear which actions are regarded as dissent, and which are not.So to me the two options for changing behaviour in this space are stick with the the zero tolerance which is black and white but allows no form of dissent, or you change it too excessive dissent baring in mind that excessive is subjective and will be different for each umpire, but you increase the penalties (examples include 50m penalty regardless of who has the ball + an automatic suspension for x number of weeks or having paying a double 50m penalty). This second option does allow for some level of dissent (such as the Harris Andrews case), but has a level of grey that by its nature will be inconsistent. However for this option to change behaviour, you need super harsh penalties to dissuade players from pushing the boundaries in that grey area.
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There was always going to be an adjustment period. But at the same time, arguing with the umpires is not the sort of thing that you would miss once it’s gone. You don’t watch an incident where the players don’t argue and wish they had. The players will adjust their behaviour and the AFL will strike the right balance, but it will take some time to get there. But the reality is we don’t want to get back to where we were last year where disrespect for umpires was so blatant that people (including people in the AFL media) were arguing that what Toby Greene did last year was acceptable (especially after hearing the horrific incidents that have been happening at the lower levels that were shared after that incident when this all came to a head). And reality is part of the pain from this is because the AFL were too lenient in the past and allowed the disrespect to get out of control. If they had’ve pulled it up sooner this wouldn’t be necessary.
Robbo on 360 last night raised the NRL as a example where they do allow some talk with the umpire but they do have an excessive backchat rule, where once the umpire feels you have gone too far either by going over the top in a single incident or a cumulation of talking back to much. Some of the of the penalties I’ve seen paid include advancing the opposition with the ball 10m (which would be an equivalent to a 50m penalty in AFL) or sin binning them for 10 minutes (the most famous example of which was Cam Smith who was binned once for excessive backchat).
So to me the two options for changing behaviour in this space are stick with the the zero tolerance which is black and white but allows no form of dissent, or you change it too excessive dissent baring in mind that excessive is subjective and will be different for each umpire, but you increase the penalties (examples include 50m penalty regardless of who has the ball + an automatic suspension for x number of weeks or having paying a double 50m penalty). This second option does allow for some level of dissent (such as the Harris Andrews case), but has a level of grey that by its nature will be inconsistent. However for this option to change behaviour, you need super harsh penalties to dissuade players from pushing the boundaries in that grey area.
Yep, and this is exactly where this line is blurred, and therefore the cause of all of the angst/confusion at the moment.
Is putting your arms out in posturing disbelief at a decision regarded as dissent, and how is this different to putting your hands over your eyes/front of your head in disbelief, or rolling your eyes in disbelief?
AFL football is an emotion-filled, controlled violence sport. It is not a situation in which being a functional adult falls under. It's a pressure filled environment where players making a single mistake can cause them to lose their place in the side, their standing in the team, their trust of coaches.Emotion is fine.
Dissent / hostility / unnecessarily remonstrating with the Ump isnt.
Learning to control your emotions when needed is part of being a functional adult