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ARC Appeal

achillesjones

"just kick it to Royce"
Apr 19, 2004
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If a Field umpire makes a silly mistake and gives a fifty for a certain goal, we bleat for a while, then move on...
Why are goal umpires not allowed to make an occasional error?
Ditch the arc and we will all watch in anticipation for the double hand signal and rejoice like we used to. Right when it happens.
Waiting for peanuts to adjudicate with dodgy inconclusive technology adds an unnecessary anti-climactic and ugly layer to our game.
 
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graystar1

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Apr 28, 2004
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If a Field umpire makes a silly mistake and gives a fifty for a certain goal, we bleat for a while, then move on...
Why are goal umpires not allowed to make an occasional error?
Ditch the arc and we will all watch in anticipation for the double hand signal and rejoice like we used to. Right when it happens.
Waiting for peanuts to adjudicate with dodgy inconclusive technology adds an unnecessary anti-climactic and ugly layer to our game.
Could not agree more.
 
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TigerMasochist

Walks softly carries a big stick.
Jul 13, 2003
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Easy solved ….just have 50 metre high posts :LOL:
Too much flex in a breeze, you'd have the goal posts flappin about trying to swat the footy like it was some kind of large dunny budgie goin past.
 
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Quickdraw

End of the drought
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Too much flex in a breeze, you'd have the goal posts flappin about trying to swat the footy like it was some kind of large dunny budgie goin past.
Lasers?

or

“sharks with *smile*’ laser beams attached to their heads.”
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Stackey

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If a Field umpire makes a silly mistake and gives a fifty for a certain goal, we bleat for a while, then move on...
Why are goal umpires not allowed to make an occasional error?
Ditch the arc and we will all watch in anticipation for the double hand signal and rejoice like we used to. Right when it happens.
Waiting for peanuts to adjudicate with dodgy inconclusive technology adds an unnecessary anti-climactic and ugly layer to our game.
Just use the Goal umpire...it's traditional!
 
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The Big Richo

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Aug 19, 2010
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The home of Dusty
If a Field umpire makes a silly mistake and gives a fifty for a certain goal, we bleat for a while, then move on...
Why are goal umpires not allowed to make an occasional error?
Ditch the arc and we will all watch in anticipation for the double hand signal and rejoice like we used to. Right when it happens.
Waiting for peanuts to adjudicate with dodgy inconclusive technology adds an unnecessary anti-climactic and ugly layer to our game.

Because people are sooks and the moment a mistake is made it will be bleated about for days with the constant carping about a 'professional competition' and 'what if it costs someone a Grand Final one day?'.
 

Stackey

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Because people are sooks and the moment a mistake is made it will be bleated about for days with the constant carping about a 'professional competition' and 'what if it costs someone a Grand Final one day?'.
Well it certainly did just that!
 
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Quickdraw

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Sorry to drag up the ARC debacle but I couldn't help but think about the gulf in technology between what we see at the Superbowl and what the AFL serves up.

In the NFL every play is analysed within a millimeter of its life. Contentious plays/calls are viewed from a multitude of angles (all in high def) so as to get the correct result.

The AFL has a potato camera :mad:

I understand that we're talking about two different sports with very different budgets etc, but the AFL are now bragging about a $20M profit last year and a pay rise for the fat cats. Surely thay could run down to JB Hifi with the credit card and get something :cool:
 
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Baloo

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Sorry to drag up the ARC debacle but I couldn't help but think about the gulf in technology between what we see at the Superbowl and what the AFL serves up.

In the NFL every play is analysed within a millimeter of its life. Contentious plays/calls are viewed from a multitude of angles (all in high def) so as to get the correct result.

The AFL has a potato camera :mad:

I understand that we're talking about two different sports with very different budgets etc, but the AFL are now bragging about a $20M profit last year and a pay rise for the fat cats. Surely thay could run down to JB Hifi with the credit card and get something :cool:

With strategically placed multi angled high definition ultra slow motion cameras the AFL wouldn't have the flexibility to use their "common sense" catch all when they *smile* up a decision.
 
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The Big Richo

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I understand that we're talking about two different sports with very different budgets etc, but the AFL are now bragging about a $20M profit last year and a pay rise for the fat cats. Surely thay could run down to JB Hifi with the credit card and get something :cool:

I'd assume it comes down to the money invested by the broadcasters, which would be based on the revenue. Our market will always find it hard to match that.

There's conflicting forces at play in that people want better camera coverage but also push back on things that make football more profitable for TV, like Thursday nights and floating fixtures. If we want to improve the game we need to accept it is done via TV money.
 

Quickdraw

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I'd assume it comes down to the money invested by the broadcasters, which would be based on the revenue. Our market will always find it hard to match that.

There's conflicting forces at play in that people want better camera coverage but also push back on things that make football more profitable for TV, like Thursday nights and floating fixtures. If we want to improve the game we need to accept it is done via TV money.
As for Thursday nights and floating fixtures, I don't mind Thursday night footy (yes I know that it's hard for members attending that have to work the next morning), and my gripe about floating fixtures is the uncertainty around planning (for those from interstate or country).

Yes I did acknowledge the different markets/budgets but to have a final (or any match) decided by a wrong decision from the ARC is pathetic.
The quality of vision from the NFL or top flight soccer, and other technologies like ball tracker in cricket and golf makes our game look second rate.
 
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tony_montana

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It’s a multi billion dollar industry now, there are no excuses for the ridiculous lack of HD cameras. Pathetic
 
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