You are allowed to bump a player who is within 5m of the ball though. Not sure if that is, but the way you describe the rule is incorrect.
AFL in typical fashion have overcorrected on a rule that should be saved for the most gratuitous late hits.
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Instead of referring to a still image, look at the rolling vision.
Both players were jostling for position and at one moment King had HIS back to the ball.
A single image removes the context of that contest.
Horrible umpiring with both players giving as good as they got.
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All I have to say is, it's time to bring in a challenge system like in tennis. Each team gets 3 challenges a match and.. this might sound ridiculous...an umpire in the stands who communicates with the other umps and has a booming big brother voice via mic lol. The call is reviewed by all the umps, and they come to a consensus. I don't think anyone who is really interested in the fairness and integrity of the game can disagree.
Don’t regress to victim speak Fadge.
Be better, don’t omit context to suit your argument.
“I disagree with the free kick given.” Yeah ok.
“I disagree with the free kick given that should have been paid, because that was correctly given against my team a week earlier so I just want to highlight in a game my team isn’t playing in that my team copped this free kick a week earlier”…. meaningless.
As I said at the time, I’ve been called on it, and it’s a fair call, the difference between a judgement and a whinge.
Not surprised to see you championing the VFL view of yesterdays….. oh, let’s call them “results”.
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I agree soft free...but it was there similar to the retaliator in a push and shove is always the one pinged. Who knows maybe the umpire only observed King being held and missed anything King did to Andrews.
You should have made that point in your initial post.
By only stating that Andrew had his back to the ball based on a single image was disingenuous.
ball was more like 10m away when contact occured. not sure what point you are trying to prove?
GWS got a free after their player got tackled a split second of disposing of the ball. I had no issue with it and I have no issue with the bump after the kick getting paid. The frees are there.
That 100 frees a game get missed is separate to whether the free in this instance was correct. Any calls that suggest an umpire deliberately not pay a free kick that they see is absurd to me. They should pay all the infringements that they see. That is literally their job.
On suggesting that the reason GWS lost is because of that call then i think that is also absurd. They were beaten throughout the day, only the hawks poor kicking for goal allowed it to be so close. The better team won on the day. NO one was robbed of victory. They were lucky to be that close.
GWS weren't. That was a right decision. West Coast and GC were stitched up bad.
Umpires have been so involved influencing tight finishes with poor decisions that something needs to be done. They need to be dragged in and hauled over the coals.
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and have public floggings and place them in stocks for a week.
I agree - damn I was filthy with Tom Green for that action so late in the game.
But only that decision.
The free kicks that preceded that for Newcombe and Ginnivan were a disgrace.
The umpires got caught up with the emotion and their decision-making suffered.
Point is that the rule isn't 'you can't bump a player after they kick the ball because it is an automatic free kick.' Depends on how close the ball is. As pointed out above, plenty of tackles and bumps after handballs and no free. Players committed to the contest don't get the same leeway if the opponent is kicking.
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Dont you just admire how a thread can evolve.
We see a run of questionable decisions in a short time frame.
Neutrals go nuts.
Then someone suggests its an ongoing trend and lists examples from a wider window.
Someone see's a trend within the trend in who those results favour and calls it.
Suddenly a section of the audience goes into overdrive to denounce it.
We come full circle and its just shit umpires in general.
Nothing to see here.
We see a run of questionable decisions in a short time frame.
Neutrals go nuts.
Then someone suggests its an ongoing trend and lists examples from a wider window.
Someone see's a trend within the trend in who those results favour and calls it.
Suddenly a section of the audience goes into overdrive to denounce it.
We come full circle and its just shit umpires in general.
Nothing to see here.
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Achin joints
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It's a really bad look when close games are being decided by dodgy umpiring. Given the amount of gambling involved in the AFL ,it does need closer scrutiny .There's already been one umpire sacked for betting on the Brownlow .
Yeah, this was a textbook example. Tough on Yeo, but clearly a free kick.
Maybe I'm spliting hairs but there should be a difference between dragging the ball in and sitting/lying on top of it (think the Draper incident) compared to what Yeo did which is pick the ball up on his knees.
I think so too. But the rules currently are that if you do either and get tackled you are gone. Complaints about the umpiring on this one are just wrong. The umpire got it right, the rule is just too harsh for situations like this one.
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I think Yeo is unlucky it didn't occur in a few weeks time instead of now. There's no way they are consistently paying those come the end of the season, and I don't think the game is better for that being a free kick instead of a quick ball up.
If the Yeo decision is correct we should see about 70 htb paid every game... also add to the list the non draper htb v adelaide, which was under a different interpretation of the rule but still htb under any version... why wasn't the ump keen to insert himself on the result in that moment 
It's common to be blind to clear bias when you are the beneficiary...
It's common to be blind to clear bias when you are the beneficiary...
