Man In White - unusual decision..

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Hello ol son, saw a rare one on the weekend and was looking for some feedback. A goal umpire made a report very early in the 3rd Qtr, unbeknown to anyone. The whole term was played out and then he alerted the field umps at 3/4 time. The field umps then went across to the reported players huddle, told the player of the report, and then subsequently yellow carded the player who then spent 20 minutes off the ground in the last Qtr.
Why couldn't the goal umpire alert the field umps ASAP ? With 3 field umps and 2 boundary umps, surely the msg could've been relayed, and the send off happen at the first break in play (stoppage etc) ? The umpires said they can't do that because they can't stop play for it. I'd argue that play stops for yellow/red cards from field umps anyway so what's the difference ?
Any feedback would be terrific !
 

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I'll try and be as specific you need me to be - whilst being as vague as I can since our superiors get a bit nervous if we post anything with the potential to be controversial.

At the end of the day what you're asking is covered in rule 19.3.1 (a) which basically says that if a report is made, the player(s) should be informed at (i) the time of the report or (ii) before the next quarter starts or (iii) after the match if it happened in the last quarter. These are really the only options we get to work with and from what you describe above, sounds like option (ii) applied.

Your query is probably more along the lines of an open question towards the rules committee why these are the only options. My guess is that you don't want a goalie running into the field of play in case it gets messy - goal kicked while he's halfway into the 50m area and red faces all around. Likewise, even if there was a break of play 5 or 10 mins after the incident, by the time a goalie (or boundary) has a chat with the fieldie, they sort out what the issue is, try and find a player to send off, etc. it would be too long a delay to play. Imagine a team 4 goals down and they've kicked 3 goals in the last 3 minutes and suddenly momemtum is lost because everything stops for a few minutes to sort out some admin issues. Was it the attacking team or the defending team that has a player sent off? Too many combinations so probably easiest and fairest to keep it simple and make the rule as it is.
 
ManInWhite said:
I'll try and be as specific you need me to be - whilst being as vague as I can since our superiors get a bit nervous if we post anything with the potential to be controversial.

At the end of the day what you're asking is covered in rule 19.3.1 (a) which basically says that if a report is made, the player(s) should be informed at (i) the time of the report or (ii) before the next quarter starts or (iii) after the match if it happened in the last quarter. These are really the only options we get to work with and from what you describe above, sounds like option (ii) applied.

Your query is probably more along the lines of an open question towards the rules committee why these are the only options. My guess is that you don't want a goalie running into the field of play in case it gets messy - goal kicked while he's halfway into the 50m area and red faces all around. Likewise, even if there was a break of play 5 or 10 mins after the incident, by the time a goalie (or boundary) has a chat with the fieldie, they sort out what the issue is, try and find a player to send off, etc. it would be too long a delay to play. Imagine a team 4 goals down and they've kicked 3 goals in the last 3 minutes and suddenly momemtum is lost because everything stops for a few minutes to sort out some admin issues. Was it the attacking team or the defending team that has a player sent off? Too many combinations so probably easiest and fairest to keep it simple and make the rule as it is.
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Thankyou squire, I knew you'd be all over it, and if thats the rule then so be it. However, it wouldn't be handled any differently than when lets say a goal is kicked, and an incident happens, and a goalie runs out as the field umpire hasn't registered the all clear ! If it's too much to organise for the immediate send off a player, at least the coaching staff should be made aware that a player has been reported, and will be sitting off from the start of the next quarter. It seems ridiculous that a player can be reported, and no-one knows for 25 minutes !!! Just my opinion.
 

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