The 50 metre penalty has gone past its use by date. Go back to the 15 metre or at most 30 metre. I would hate to see more matches decided by over-officious umpiring.
Trigger happy umpires award this free kick for trivial matters and it is the most frustrating thing in the game besides people diving for free kicks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKF4wPULpDY
1) this one was awarded against Essendon's Dustin Fletcher for his "demeanor".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZjAH10gxDQ
2) this one was awarded against Sydney's Jessie White because he handed the ball back one milisecond too late to the player. is this really worth someone getting a free shot at goal?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DbD0EyLQRE&feature=related
"that is a joke" is what BT said in the commentary.
3) This was a free kick to Fremantle's Ballantyne for a dive. Similar to what we saw on the weekend with West Coast's Darling who also dived.
Answer- get rid of the 50 metre penalty. It has been a failure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HjZF7amqEI&feature=related
On the weekend we saw 3 X 50 metre penalties awarded to west coast- all of them were for trivial matters. It has gone past its used by date due to its poor implementation.
Trigger happy umpires award this free kick for trivial matters and it is the most frustrating thing in the game besides people diving for free kicks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKF4wPULpDY
1) this one was awarded against Essendon's Dustin Fletcher for his "demeanor".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZjAH10gxDQ
2) this one was awarded against Sydney's Jessie White because he handed the ball back one milisecond too late to the player. is this really worth someone getting a free shot at goal?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DbD0EyLQRE&feature=related
"that is a joke" is what BT said in the commentary.
3) This was a free kick to Fremantle's Ballantyne for a dive. Similar to what we saw on the weekend with West Coast's Darling who also dived.
Answer- get rid of the 50 metre penalty. It has been a failure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HjZF7amqEI&feature=related
On the weekend we saw 3 X 50 metre penalties awarded to west coast- all of them were for trivial matters. It has gone past its used by date due to its poor implementation.