- Sep 15, 2011
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Umps haven't been mic'd up for 100 years. In the past, parents could make decisions about whether to take their kids to the game or out to listen to the huddles. I'm not criticising the players or the umpires, it's the AFL and 7 that could quite simply turn the mics down or off. I'm not sheltering my kids, but neither do I think my six-year-old should hear players yell * off at 6pm on prime time TV.It has been a family product for 100 odd years, how come only today’s kids are effected. Never effected me as a kid listening to coaches swear their boxes off, going out to senior game huddles and watching coaches tear strips off players and using language unheard of these days. Zero impact at all it had because my parents taught me what was acceptable in life not tv shows, or sporting personalities.