daisycutter

most (real) abuse umpires cop (at all levels) is from the spectators this over-reaction is only going to get the umpires more abuse from the spectators and a reduction in respect hard to see much will be gained, especially as they continue to make inconsistent and bad decisions in general a lot of it is the afl's fault for meddling with the rules and weekly changing interpretations

i'm really hating the umpiring standards this year, the contentious and technical, non-consequential 50m penalties and now the new baffling umpire dissent adjudications it is all so frustrating and ruining my enjoyment of the game and i don't think i'm alone

afl have shown scant regard for junior and grass roots football they happily spend as little as they can get away with it's not just a shortage of umps at junior level, it's also players

with facial detection software and umps mic'ed up it's probably available now i'm tipping yellow/red card next cab off the rank. afl and broadcasters would love the theatre of it

impure thoughts won't be far off now

or just do away with umpires

it's going to turn into a game of 50m rules will need a new name

sorry, but in all honesty i don't like it far too busy and pantomine looking no offence meant, i'm sure someone put a bit of work into it

caro's jumped in too and backing the afl.......players will have to learn to be disciplined robots

wasn't just the staging, his hand hits the hawks player's face and we've talked before about hawkins wandering arms/hands

sliding doors if this is what's coming from the literate feral fans..... .....imagine what the illiterate ferals must be saying

as i predicted

gave me a chuckle

that's the media for ya. always looking to drag up some contentious point for the sake of a few clicks

interesting giant.s coach (or even goody) didn't give a single vote to a giant

we see a lot of this in other facets of life a complete over-reaction to a problem which confuses and annoys the heck out of everyone and the original "message" is mangled and lost rule interpretations like this are having the opposite effect with umpires ending up with less respect not more who'd have thunk the afl could [censored] this up so badly?

now, now, you shouldn't be saying things like that about "caro's angels" unless you want a horde of bikies knocking on your door at 3am

you're right.....your memory wasn't great they used to be red hot if you had prior......i even remember a time when they said you had ? seconds to dispose, where ? was something like 2-3 seconds iirc.

music to my ears.........................may it go on forever

does it matter much to us? it's our away game takings go to the ferals.

waving a magnet.....that'll be 50 metres, mazer

all very good but you didn't define "verbal dissent" which is another of the contentious interpretations the old "abuse" and time-wasting rules were fine but just not being enforced

we live in a world now where grievance and offence are king, so it is little wonder that a rule that requires an umpire to read the minds of players was doomed to be a disaster from the start. it ends up having the effect that umpires become even more disrespected now. unfortunately the afl will just double down supporting the umpiring decisions come hell or high water, rather than admit they got another rule change based on interpretation and social engineering, wrong

might have something to do with sharing? check sharing options for app maybe?

orbison is having a real mare 🤣