JakeNeadeFan
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- Nov 25, 2019
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So the crows are also getting screwed over?I'm not convinced the SANFL umpires cheat because the Crows have a similar free kick differential. I think it is the Umpiring director, who has been in this role for years, and instructs the umpires his interpretation and not the AFL interpretation thinking he knows better. So we train under AFL rules and then play under SANFL rules. In saying that the recent grand final vs Sturt would shoot my theory down in flames as I don't think we got a free forward of center and only 2 after halftime. However, we still have club officials / League directors who have not come to terms with Port earning the 2nd AFL licence and their jealousy effects their judgement and decision making so look for every opportunity to introduce rules negative to Port. How sad it must be to be someone driven by jealousy?
The threshold for our players to get a free kick is way different than the other sanfl teams. We breath on one of their players and it's a free and 25 (or two). Sanfl spuds can decapitate our players with impunity.
It's nothing to do with interpretations. It's either unconscious bias or far more likely a league directive from the top. At least in the AFL the umpiring is uniformly incompetent for all clubs.
* this dumb league. The day that the sanfl burns will be a happy day for Port Adelaide.