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Umpire farce - Getting worse by the minute!

I was hoping they would refer this as the “Selwood rule”
Unfortunately Selwood was nowhere to be seen in the three examples used to show what constituted a free against the player deemed to be initiating the high contact on AFL Tonight.
 
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Unfortunately Selwood was nowhere to be seen in the three examples used to show what constituted a free against the player deemed to be initiating the high contact on AFL Tonight.
There’s an unwritten law that Selwood is not to be criticised ever, for anything. He’s taken over from GJR on that score.
 
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I was hoping they would refer this as the “Selwood rule”

I feel like the entire footy world is gaslighting us... we have had the Selwood rule introduced before, haven't we?

Or do I have false memories of the Selwood rule being brought in about 5-6 years ago only to be unofficially shelved under Geelong's iron grip over the umpiring department?
 
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Yeah, like the non-decision against Nank on the weekend.

They bring in a new directive to stop the Selwoods if the AFL and it's used against Nank of all people.

Yeah that was a joke that one. Bend down to pick the ball up, hit front on head high, pay HTB for a duck. Would love the umps to tell me how you can pick the ball up without pushing your body down. If they think thats the same as a Ginnivan / Selwood / Shuey type action then they should just give the game up right now.
 
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I feel like the entire footy world is gaslighting us... we have had the Selwood rule introduced before, haven't we?

Or do I have false memories of the Selwood rule being brought in about 5-6 years ago only to be unofficially shelved under Geelong's iron grip over the umpiring department?
Yeah, there was a crackdown or interpretation definement (that’s not actually a word) just like todays but it was never implemented.
 
"My care factor for what the rules are has reduced enormously over time," Scott said.

"I kind of see it as a badge of honour to understand it better than anyone else."

Examples of Salty just "understanding the rules better than everyone else"...

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We are lucky the number 23 Findlay the smiling *smile* wasn't selected to umpire the 2020 GF.
He was the emergency umpire sitting next to HockingScreenshot_20220720-190742_Samsung Internet.jpg
 
The AFL will completely balls this up. They can't do rule adjustments. That needs thought, time, development and testing. They are incapable of any of that. This will be Scott calling all the umps into meeting room 2 and saying righto no more frees for ducking fellas.

Their so called 'tweak' of the protected area rule has been a farce, they just threw it out.
 
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The AFL will completely balls this up. They can't do rule adjustments. That needs thought, time, development and testing. They are incapable of any of that. This will be Scott calling all the umps into meeting room 2 and saying righto no more frees for ducking fellas.

Their so called 'tweak' of the protected area rule has been a farce, they just threw it out.
Have you noticed "STAND!" has become "Outside five!"
 
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Have you noticed "STAND!" has become "Outside five!"
The just make it up. They don't pay anywhere near the attention they used to to the where the actual mark is now. If your somewhere near it you 'stand' if your not you're 'outside 5' which is sometimes actually 3, other times it is 8.
 
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The just make it up. They don't pay anywhere near the attention they used to to the where the actual mark is now. If your somewhere near it you 'stand' if your not you're 'outside 5' which is sometimes actually 3, other times it is 8.
and putting players taking the kick and the MOM on the line? Thats gone by the wayside, its as if they think or hope that we won't notice. These are fundamental elements to the game. By any objective measure its a complete debacle.
 
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