Brains Trust66
Norm Smith Medallist
Look at post #664 and #667 of this thread for the deliberates not paid. Those along with the non-mark paid, the 50 metres before half time... The Hawks certainly weren't hard done by.
But yes, he dragged it in.
Yes he might have dragged it in but there were a heap of those during the game that werent paid . Its frustrating for supporters when decisions are paid sometimes but not always . Same with the deliberate out of bounds rule or the 50 metre rule .
For example , a Hawks player was paid a freekick against for holding the ball , he was on the ground and had the ball . He then let the ball go and stood up , right in front of the umpire , no 50 paid . Why not ?
Brown was paid 50 against him when he stepped over the mark apparently when it had no influence on the Hawk player having his kick . The umpire was about 25 metres away and Brown just ran up to where he thought it should be . There was no way for him to tell where exactly the mark was . Why didnt the umpire just yell back a metre like they do the rest of the game .
These rules are just stupid , either pay them all or dont pay any .
Im not saying that the Hawks got all the frees , i just dont notice what should be paid for them .
I know umpires make mistakes , who doesnt , but this has been going on for years and nothing ever seems to get done about it .
Don’t Panic !!