Just to take a break from the Goodes issue, imagine if the AFL went in for this:

http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/07/for-the-first-time-sensors-and-a-computer-play-umpire-in-a-pro-baseball-game/

I bet the AFL would be fiddling with the software every week to change the interpretation.

Edited July 31, 201510 yr by sue

Easy.

Every umpire is reviewed.

More than 3 mistakes a match and you're off to the VFL.

Those with the best attention spans make the best decisions consistently get the money on offer in the AFL.

The worst go to even lower leagues.

The very worst (no 28 and 32) get put in the stocks for a good ol' fashioned stoning.

Easy.

Every umpire is reviewed.

More than 3 mistakes a match and you're off to the VFL.

Those with the best attention spans make the best decisions consistently get the money on offer in the AFL.

The worst go to even lower leagues.

The very worst (no 28 and 32) get put in the stocks for a good ol' fashioned stoning.

Every other employed person is accountable and umpires should be as well.

Have them write 10,000 lines

The game is not about me

The game is not about me

The game is not about me

The game is not about me

The game is not about me.....

Easy.

Every umpire is reviewed.

More than 3 mistakes a match and you're off to the VFL.

Those with the best attention spans make the best decisions consistently get the money on offer in the AFL.

The worst go to even lower leagues.

The very worst (no 28 and 32) get put in the stocks for a good ol' fashioned stoning.

Apparently there aren't enough of them for a system like this.

If they make a mistake, they can't be dropped because there isn't anyone to take their spot.

Why do we need three umpires anyway? Why can't we make do with two? It is one less maggot to yell at, but what other down side is there?

Apparently there aren't enough of them for a system like this.

If they make a mistake, they can't be dropped because there isn't anyone to take their spot.

$3000 a game.

we can find new ones.

But the umps are doing a good job, according to their overlords.

And compared against the KPIs they work to, they may very well be doing a good job.

They can only umpire within the constraints placed on them. Eg, "interetation" of this or that rule, "rule of the week", the notion that there is an ideal no. of frees to be paid, and so on.

The only constraint they should have to consider is "the rule book" but even that is chock full of "interpretations".

How many sports can you think of where "interpretation" of the rules is a thing?

Why do we need three umpires anyway? Why can't we make do with two? It is one less maggot to yell at, but what other down side is there?

In ye anciente times of two umpires, teams would whip the ball downfield to their full forward so quickly that no ump could be in place to witness him manhandling his opponent contrary to the rules.

What a quaint idea. Moving the ball at speed to a one-on-one contest. These days maybe we only need one ump???

For a while now, I've wanted the umpires to be subjected to a MRP of their own where blatantly incorrect decisions result in fines and suspensions. Probably a tad harsh, but could be interesting.

For me it's simple, only pay the free kicks that are clearly there.

If they pay every little technical push in the back, too high, chopping the arms soft free kick then they simply open themselves up to being less consistent.

If they only pay the obvious ones then they less likely to miss these ones and be more consistent from the first to last games of the year.

Have them write 10,000 lines

The game is not about me

The game is not about me

The game is not about me

The game is not about me

The game is not about me.....

How many lines before the 'not' turns into an 'all'?

A massive part of the problem is the AFL wanting the umpires to adjudicate to speed the game up, not to what is correct.

Every umpiring error they make should equal 1 public lashing

No I am not joking

DO away with the AFL Commission and the attendant committees involved in messing with rules and interpretations.

Make the umpires a fully professional body with real accountability, bonuses for the best performed and penalties for not meeting targets.

Adjudicate solely by the rule as written with no interference by the game's administrators.

To help them remember their place, all administrators to have their job titles changed to Facilitators.

If all of that fails, give them shock collars. Take a sample of 50 supporters from each side and give them red buttons. If 60 buttons are pushed on any call (or non-call) the umpire is shocked. They'd learn pretty damn quickly that way.

No more umpires. Captains call frees. Old school.

If all of that fails, give them shock collars. Take a sample of 50 supporters from each side and give them red buttons. If 60 buttons are pushed on any call (or non-call) the umpire is shocked. They'd learn pretty damn quickly that way.

Who, the supporters? They already know to lean on the button non stop. The umps would spend the whole game lying on the ground being tasered.

This is meant to be a big, professional sport and then you look at the umpiring and it tells a different story. They let bad umpires continue to make fools of themselves since they're not allowed to be scrutinised

This is meant to be a big, professional sport and then you look at the umpiring and it tells a different story. They let bad umpires continue to make fools of themselves since they're not allowed to be scrutinised

The AFL like to tell us that they are world-class. They use terms like "Worlds Best Practice." Sadly the reality is that they are so fr form being world class in any aspect of their administration that they can't even see the guys they need to be emulating. If they want to get themselves up to scratch, they need to clean out AFL house and import some real talent from the some of the really big sports like the NFL or EPL.

This is meant to be a big, professional sport and then you look at the umpiring and it tells a different story. They let bad umpires continue to make fools of themselves since they're not allowed to be scrutinised

part of the umpiring problem is the blatant afl interference mid season with the umpiring department

they repeatedly try to micro manage umpiring rule interpretation for their social engineering of the game

it's got to stop

there is the rule book and the pre-season to get it right

during the season there should be a complete independence and separation of the umpiring department

but they won't have the cajones

part of the umpiring problem is the blatant afl interference mid season with the umpiring department

they repeatedly try to micro manage umpiring rule interpretation for their social engineering of the game

it's got to stop

there is the rule book and the pre-season to get it right

during the season there should be a complete independence and separation of the umpiring department

but they won't have the cajones

Well put. This 'genuine attempt' nonsense as well as this new 'dangerous tackle' is a blight on the game. They've never been in the rule book, they're just buzz words being fed from the top that have a very loose definition and awful consistency.

The AFL like to tell us that they are world-class. They use terms like "Worlds Best Practice." Sadly the reality is that they are so fr form being world class in any aspect of their administration that they can't even see the guys they need to be emulating. If they want to get themselves up to scratch, they need to clean out AFL house and import some real talent from the some of the really big sports like the NFL or EPL.

And they're so precious with them as well. 80% of them looks clueless on how to adjudicate tackles.

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