Game Day Around The Grounds Rnds 1 - 5

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There are 3 umpires out there in the * v Crows game,but as usual, it's Eleni who is copping all the blame and abuse from the knuckleheads on the main and club boards.

And we had a recent discussion of the merits of Tayla Harris' statue.

In between that and Tom Morris toxic and horrific comments about his former co-worker at Fox Sports, we still have a massive issue about women working in every facet of male sports in this country , not just footy.

Eleni is still very young for a field umpire, and does make mistakes like every other umpire.i am not a fan of umpire abuse and pile ons at the best of times, but what she has copped and continues to cop, is absolutely disgraceful.

Mark Fine used to criticize Umpires when he worked on SEN, then he became a part time one in the Ammos, and realized what a bloody hard job it is/was and stopped doing it.

It's sometimes easy to forget umpires are human beings too who have the same feelings and possible Mental and emotional health issues like players and the rest of us


You rarely hear umpires being praised publicly by coaches or players, I just think we as footy fans need to back off with the abuse and constant criticism of them (especially Eleni) and let them do their job, which is already high pressured and stressful enough as it is.
 

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