patty O'furnicha
Team Captain
Re: North Central Football League
please, ROC you need to use common sense here mate.
The reason why the two similar technicalities had two different results is a decision made by the league. If the league knows of the error (the wrong date) prior to the hearing then they can, if they choose to accept the error, hear the case as per normal. Which was what happened in my case. Obviously didn't last weekend.
Safety (as far as "i feel much safer now they can report") isn't the issue... its the general theory that UMPIRES can't UMPIRE as they are supposed to, because they dont pay cash to do it!!!!
The goal umpire CAN do what they are suppose to... They are suppose to tell the trained, registered and neutral field umpire if the oval shape ball goes through the big sticks or not.
I don't like the idea of a non-neutral goal umpire having the ability to report, how often would you see a goal umpire report one of his own? (not many) whether they mean to or not the situation would be biased.
If i were given 4 weeks for an incident, by an unregistered umpire, and that contributed to 16 weeks of suspension in my career (from all levels right up to "International Rules vs Ireland") well, id be mighty ticked off!
i don't think anyone who has accumulated 16 weeks of suspension would feel ripped off by a technicality ROC.
If you made the "International Rules vs Ireland" team i'd go seconds on the Boort Magpies community Horse!
few good points.. i exaggerated the issue, to make the point...
as far as that incident a few years ago goes... Did the defendant of that claim get off?
From what i remember, he didn't, THUS a precedent was set...
Why is it different now?
The issue then, was that there was "technically" no report, because the date was wrong.... and the defendant was given the big "bad luck, take it like a man"
The issue now, is that there was "technically" no report, because it was made by the wrong person... and the defendant had his hand shook, and was wished the best of luck for his game that afternoon.
I couldn't care less if the case was heard and he was found not guilty... but i feel that it should have been heard. "Rules/Precedent" is set AFTER a decision is made... not prior to a decision...
please, ROC you need to use common sense here mate.
The reason why the two similar technicalities had two different results is a decision made by the league. If the league knows of the error (the wrong date) prior to the hearing then they can, if they choose to accept the error, hear the case as per normal. Which was what happened in my case. Obviously didn't last weekend.
Safety (as far as "i feel much safer now they can report") isn't the issue... its the general theory that UMPIRES can't UMPIRE as they are supposed to, because they dont pay cash to do it!!!!
The goal umpire CAN do what they are suppose to... They are suppose to tell the trained, registered and neutral field umpire if the oval shape ball goes through the big sticks or not.
I don't like the idea of a non-neutral goal umpire having the ability to report, how often would you see a goal umpire report one of his own? (not many) whether they mean to or not the situation would be biased.
If i were given 4 weeks for an incident, by an unregistered umpire, and that contributed to 16 weeks of suspension in my career (from all levels right up to "International Rules vs Ireland") well, id be mighty ticked off!
i don't think anyone who has accumulated 16 weeks of suspension would feel ripped off by a technicality ROC.
If you made the "International Rules vs Ireland" team i'd go seconds on the Boort Magpies community Horse!