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Can't take the AFL on face value at all.
As if the "in game coaching" isn't directly telling them to pay free kicks/not pay free kicks. As if it is just "positive affirmations" like they are saying.
Umpires react after the event far too often in the AFL, which suggests they are being told to pay free kicks.