Justice served?

[hyperswivel]

As much as I hate Fremantle... I think justice has been done with the AFL decision to award them the points.

Sorry.

 

[Sound]

justice has been served

 

[Eagle Eye]

As neither a Dockers nor a Saints fan IMO the AFL deserves to be congratulated for their decision. The right verdict has been reached.

The reality is that the umpires acted according to the rules. The umpires called an end to the game when they heard the siren and this does not leave any precedence for a future issue because of an umpiring error. If anything as time off had been called the umpire could have checked with another umpire as to why the Dockers were claiming the siren had sounded.

Be that as it may, the error was that the Timekeepers failed to continue to sound the siren until the Umpires acknowledged the siren. It is certainly not the Umpires fault that the siren was not initially audible and that subsequently the timekeepers made a mistake. It’s not the fault of either team as they kept playing until the game was finally (albeit late) called as over. Really it’s as simple as that.

I believe it was fortunate that the timing of the siren was apparently just before the umpire signalled time off to undertake the final bounce. I do think that if play was continuous at that time, then we may have another consideration.

The one thing that might have made it interesting is that if the timekeeper had of continued to sound the siren as per the rules and it was still not heard until after Baker kicked the point – if that was the case it’s a draw.

I hope that everyone moves forward and considers the future of the game and not wallow in this or past issues – please take note Eddie!

Congratulations on the tone of this thread

 

[MrAaron]

As neither a Dockers nor a Saints fan IMO the AFL deserves to be congratulated for their decision. The right verdict has been reached.

The reality is that the umpires acted according to the rules. The umpires called an end to the game when they heard the siren and this does not leave any precedence for a future issue because of an umpiring error. If anything as time off had been called the umpire could have checked with another umpire as to why the Dockers were claiming the siren had sounded.

Be that as it may, the error was that the Timekeepers failed to continue to sound the siren until the Umpires acknowledged the siren. It is certainly not the Umpires fault that the siren was not initially audible and that subsequently the timekeepers made a mistake. It’s not the fault of either team as they kept playing until the game was finally (albeit late) called as over. Really it’s as simple as that.

I believe it was fortunate that the timing of the siren was apparently just before the umpire signalled time off to undertake the final bounce. I do think that if play was continuous at that time, then we may have another consideration.

The one thing that might have made it interesting is that if the timekeeper had of continued to sound the siren as per the rules and it was still not heard until after Baker kicked the point – if that was the case it’s a draw.

I hope that everyone moves forward and considers the future of the game and not wallow in this or past issues – please take note Eddie!

Congratulations on the tone of this thread

No if only they can get the Tribunal right they'd be legends

2 weeks for the hit on Copeland ? More like 4-6 ATLEAST !