Sam Reid played an excellent game
It was paid the week before against pickett. It’s harsh but it’s a correct call. When you play on the edge you gotta live with your consequences of your actions.
Who the **** are you to call people pathetic? People are free to vent however they like, it's not up to you to decide what's ok and what's not. Some might call you pathetic for spending your life on footy forums insulting people and peddling unsubstantiated trade rumours, but no one needs to be judged.
Hopefully some of the umps won't make it next year.
**** the umpires.I am interested in the idea of professional full time umpires. Dwayne champions it on SEN. I think it would do the opposite he does. The umpires currently devote 15-25 hours per week and make $75-175K. They study and know the rules at a level far beyond what I do and I suspect what people on BF do. They have other careers, just doing a bit of a search finds teachers, accountants, investment advisors, barristers etc. Strikes a balance that say a David Parkin would see as beneficial. Provides a career after umpiring. Umpiring doesnt last that long for most.
So if we change that, make it full time, increase the spend without any increase in games umpired (unless you have less umpires doing more games, probably burn them out) I reckon a lot of the people doing it now would opt out to pursue their primary career that may have longevity and maybe more interest, satisfaction and renumeration. Maybe you end up with less skilled, less able umpires. I reckon the group doing it now are probably better than the group you would get if it was full time. Its not that attractive that you would pursue it as a career that maybe is over when you are in your 30's at the expense of what may be better career paths.
Below is an article that gives a good behind the scenes look. I dont reckon the current group are monkeys or inept
Marked men: the umpires fighting back against abuse
People rarely talked about umpires. Now they’re the story, as the AFL and other codes grapple with how to protect them.www.smh.com.au
P.S except sideswipe, he had an umpiring career where he was more protagonist than adjudicator and deserved to be chased out of carparks while hurling abuse at his pursuers.
Veteran
Collingwood - Beau McCreery Player Sponsor 2023
Collingwood - Caleb Poulter Player Sponsor 2022
Collingwood - Josh Daicos Player Sponsor 2021
Collingwood - Tyler Brown Player Sponsor 2020
Collingwood Magpies - Brayden Sier 2019 Player Sponsor
Collingwood - Jaidyn Stephenson Player Sponsor 2018
Collingwood - Matthew Scharenberg Player Sponsor 2017
Also made no attempt to get Buddy to get on with the kick either.
Can you imagine the mayhem if Ginnivan somehow became a centurion? Something neither Daicos nor Lethal could do?
130 just to beat his dad's record would be fitting
I really, really dislike the coordination we have with the multiple field umpires. Especially because despite having so many we still miss blatant off-ball holding (on star mids) and shit like that. Amateurs!
There is undeniably a campaign against the kid, it's widespread and it's members are recalcitrant which can only happen with support from the highest level.
Hopefully this offseason the umpires have a reality check and realize they're trying to snuff out one of the brightest sparks (that sometimes burns too bright) the AFL has had in a long time.
