Jeffrey
Team Captain
Ok, we had our second final on the weekend and we were winning and then in the last quarter we were losing. When we started losing my opponent started giving me stick, said I run like a girl, Said I was going to go home and cry. And then the full forward takes mark 20 metres out, we were down by 4 points. So I run into goalsquare, no one around me, I get handball, run into open goal turn around and give my opponent the rude finger and tell him to get lost. Then I am bit of a smart ass and handball a goal, just to rub in how easy it was. uncle kevin (the goal umpire)calls it a goal then field umpire comes over and tells him ball was touched, only a point, despite clearly I handballed it with no-one touching it. Then siren goes, we lose by 3 points. Unkle Kevin and I yell at umpire. Most of the rest of my team dont say much I think cause they are scared. Umpire says it was touched, I say I handball clearly. He says it wasn't a kick. I say handball and kick are both posessions. Uncle Kevin shows him AFL record from his bag that says hanball counts as posession. Uncle Kevin asks him to show in rule book where Handball is not a posession. Umpire doesnt have rule book on him!!!!
On Monday we wrote a protest letter but league says they are powerless, they can't change result one it has happenned. I say bulldust, they took gold medal off Ben Johnson, didnt they? Beurocracy gone mad.
Anyway, now uncle kevin says I should write to Andrew Demetrio because Umpiring is in crisis. THis is just another example of umpires thinking they are bigger than the game. We need to do something.
Please sign my petition at
www.petitions.online.net/umpiresucks
Thank you,
Jeffrey
On Monday we wrote a protest letter but league says they are powerless, they can't change result one it has happenned. I say bulldust, they took gold medal off Ben Johnson, didnt they? Beurocracy gone mad.
Anyway, now uncle kevin says I should write to Andrew Demetrio because Umpiring is in crisis. THis is just another example of umpires thinking they are bigger than the game. We need to do something.
Please sign my petition at
www.petitions.online.net/umpiresucks
Thank you,
Jeffrey




