thylacine60
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does a correct decision impact the result of the game?
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I think that the game would be better off with fewer umpires on the field - one each for each half of the field would help a lot with getting more consistency - NRL (who cares) went back to one ump - for exactly that reason.
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I think we should start a clone program. If the umpires were sets of triplets they would all think the same way and voila consistency.
no-one can guarantee the rub of the green, baggy.......
And who decides whether it is "correct"?
It is the only game in the world that has three umps on the same field at the same time - inconsistency is a guaranteed outcome as are errors and in some cases agendas - it has all been documented over the years and on display in every game...
the AFL and its willingness to change the way rules should or not be interpreted as well as rules themselves, has to carry a fair amount of the responsibility - which is why it pretty much bans commentators from saying anything.
Just watching the reply and noticed something that hasn't occurred to me before.
3rd quarter, we deliver the ball into forward 50, port guy fumbles, Harry pushes him in the chest and is pinged for front on contact.
Now, forwards are allowed to push a defender in the chest whilst going for a mark, no free kick, players are allowed to shove players in the chest to fend them off, no free kick.
How do you have a rule that allows a forward to push a defender in the chest but not the other way around?
where is that particular rule written?
We win a game, we don't complain about umpiring, we lose a game, we complain, such is life as a sports fan.

Stop making sense! Its because we are passionate about the game - and misery likes company.We surely recognise that we have a disproportionate value where frees/non-frees come about.
The value may well be something like 1.5:1 for the reasonable fan and maybe as far out as a 5:1 for a not so reasonable one when it comes to their team.
e.g. We get away with something that goes our way....we smile a little. It goes against us....there goes the remote.
What's new and why does this thread even exist?
To provide an outlet for people who don't want to clutter other threads up with umpiring chat; to discuss potential solutions (even if the AFL would never go for some of them); to defend things people feel are unfair criticisms of umpires and umpiring.We surely recognise that we have a disproportionate value where frees/non-frees come about.
The value may well be something like 1.5:1 for the reasonable fan and maybe as far out as a 5:1 for a not so reasonable one when it comes to their team.
e.g. We get away with something that goes our way....we smile a little. It goes against us....there goes the remote.
What's new and why does this thread even exist?
you felt the need to post in it............We surely recognise that we have a disproportionate value where frees/non-frees come about.
The value may well be something like 1.5:1 for the reasonable fan and maybe as far out as a 5:1 for a not so reasonable one when it comes to their team.
e.g. We get away with something that goes our way....we smile a little. It goes against us....there goes the remote.
What's new and why does this thread even exist?