It's amazing isn't it, the AFL complain about "Umpire abuse" & supposedly crack down it, which has only increased the abuse that the poor bu66ers get.
In reality the AFL is the cause of so much of the angst felt by the supporter/watcher/viewers due to their incessant meddling with the rules.
The continual changes of rules, interpretations, "clarifications etc etc drive most people to the brink of despair. They've also made the rules so complex that the umpires job has become incredibly difficult to perform with any consistency.
How many times have we seen 2 umpires look at the same incident & have different interpretations of what happened, that in itself tells me that it's a lottery & really not how the rules of a PROFESSIONAL sport should be set up.