Maybe he hates North because of our stance on pokies?
Little known fact about Dean Margetts, he is so addicted to gambling that he lost his house resulting in the breakdown of his family.
Now, it is well known that the AFL have never let him umpire a Grand Final, however he is one of the longest serving umpires of all time with over 350 games of experience.
Why doesn’t the AFL give him the Grand Final? Is he a known risk of being on the take?
Nice theory but I suspect the truth is much simpler.
He's nowhere near good enough. Not even remotely. Even in the biggest game he ever got - he 2015 Preliminary Final - he performed abysmally. He's rubbish.
The AFL are tough on gambling - see DeGoey picking up his phone and the 10-week suspension to Stephenson - and inept as the AFL can be, they'd show an umpire who is a known risk of being on the take, immediately out the door.