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Crow2005 said:10.4.1 End of Quarter
The Timekeepers shall sound the siren to signal the end of a quarter until a field Umpire acknowledges that the siren has been heard and brings play to an end.
The Timekeepers did not sound the siren continuously until the umpires heard the siren !
So will they then come out and uphold every single wrong umpiring decision made in every game of football?kanabar said:Hi all,
Thought i should share this with you being an umpire (goal) in the local league here in the ACT/NSW League i was given an afl 2006 Laws of the Game rule book and this is what it says....
Section 10.4 BRINGING PLAY TO AN END
10.4.1 Contradicts 10.4.2
10.4.1 States - The timekeepers shall sound the siren to signal the end of a quarter until a field umpire acknowledges that the siren has been heard and brings play to an end
BUT
10.4.2 States Play in each quarter shall come to an end when any one field Umpires hears the siren
which hayden kennedy did, so technically the rule was missaplied...what i dont understand is why the AFL dont come out and just own up that they made a Blunder. their own rules were missaplied.
sp-mac said:The game's up when the umpire raises his hands.
Harsh but the rules.
I hope they give it to freo (I tipped them and god knows I need the tip!!)
But they won't.
otis_david said:Then how do they determine when the game ended. If they didn't hear the siren then why didn't they just continue the game for another 5 - 10 minutes?? Bul. The game ends when the siren goes, it's not soccer.
If the umpires didn't hear the siren then the game should still be going on right now. Why did it end after Baker kicked a point?
God I hope so - that means we'll play in the 2001 Grand Final.bangko-bangko said:So will they then come out and uphold every single wrong umpiring decision made in every game of football?
Exactly what is said in the other thread. The way i see it 3 people are at fault. But i feel least of whom are Mathew Nicholls, he din't hear the siren, not his fault.kanabar said:Hi all,
Thought i should share this with you being an umpire (goal) in the local league here in the ACT/NSW League i was given an afl 2006 Laws of the Game rule book and this is what it says....
Section 10.4 BRINGING PLAY TO AN END
10.4.1 Contradicts 10.4.2
10.4.1 States - The timekeepers shall sound the siren to signal the end of a quarter until a field umpire acknowledges that the siren has been heard and brings play to an end
BUT
10.4.2 States Play in each quarter shall come to an end when any one field Umpires hears the siren
which hayden kennedy did, so technically the rule was missaplied...what i dont understand is why the AFL dont come out and just own up that they made a Blunder. their own rules were missaplied.
sedders said:no umpire heard the siren ever. the game is still being played. quick freo, get down there and kick a goal
Grimreepah said:Interestingly it says that 'play in each quarter shall come to an end when any one of the field umpires hears the siren'.
Based on this, techniquely the game was still alive, and this is what the AFL may hang their hat on if they decide not to overturn the decision.
Grimreepah said:Umpires make mistakes all the time. This is the can of worms that people are talking about, ie. if you start overturning match results on the basis of mistakes from officials.
Power21 said:But it also says the time keeper must sound the siren untill an umpire hears it. Which means the time keeper stuffed up.
doctormeow said:My thoughts exactly.
Crow2005 said:
Crow2005 said:It is still within a reasonable time frame ie: before round 6 in which to place a case to overule futhermore not every game generates such an uproar en mass as this one does !
The AFL are obligated to overturn it based on public furore and 'majority' and being the 'Controlling Body' have the Power to do that... simple review the tape and ammend the mistake... any other mistakes in history are null and void irrelivent to compare.
Frodo said:There is law and intent.
Clearly the controlling umpire is the only official that can end the game.
It is ridiculous to suggest that an umpire down the other end of the field can hear the siren and end the game. Just a matter of common sense.
This issue is about two major factors
1) The closeness of the game
2) The siren quality.
And okay 2) can be sorted out. 1) should have been sorted out by Freo not running down the clock for most of the last quarter, surrendering the initiative. how many mistakes did they make in the game? Yet they want to cry over one timekeeper mistake. And who says that if the siren had been continuous that the umpire would have heard it earlier and that the result would have changed. Fanciful thinking. Yes, freo were robbed, but we see teams being robbed only too regularly. This is no different.