David Harding
Cain LynchYou cannot be serious
May 5th 2008 11:45
“In related news, AFL Football Operations Manager Adrian Anderson announced the AFL had imposed a $5000 financial sanction on the Essendon Football Club after an approach to the umpires by captain Matthew Lloyd during the quarter-time break of the round seven match against Port Adelaide at Telstra Dome.
Under AFL Regulation 16.3, players are not permitted to approach the umpires at any quarter break, or when the umpires are entering or leaving the ground.”
Talk about precious...
The AFL’s attitude towards what the umpire’s role in the game should be is getting out of hand.
These are just a few adjectives I would use to describe AFL boss Andrew Dimitriou: stubborn, egotistical, unapproachable, difficult, and is ALWAYS right. Even when he’s wrong. It seems to me as though today’s umpires have been spending too much time with Demitriou and his pack, as you could easily use any of those words to describe most of them and how they behave on the field.
To a certain extent we can put up with bad umpiring decisions, while this is a topic of concern on its own, it is also something which we have had to put up with for a long time, and therefore have become somewhat accustomed to. But when the captain of a football club can’t even approach an umpire to talk about a certain aspect of the game without being fined, surely things are getting ridiculous. What makes this whole matter the more frustrating is the utter contempt and complete dismissive attitude the umpires show towards the players in such instances. Very much like the attitude Andrew Dimitriou often has when confronted about an aspect of the game which clubs or supporters don’t agree with, yet he remains uncompromising as always, unwilling to even discuss certain topics after he has had his say.
Is it just me or is the AFL becoming more and more of a dictatorship?
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