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shwaborn wrote: Anchorman I hate cheating. What Lindsay Thomas has done and what Brent Harvey
did, which is pleading to the ump for a free they are faking for, is cheating!
I can't stand it, I'll never be able to! I take slight at your lousy implication.
Harvey should have been fined. If getting caught cheating and allowed to get away
with it isn't bringing the into disrepute then....
I understand you are okay with it with lousy twats like Ballantyne and Josh Carr
on your team.

Shwaborn what penalty, if any, should the umpire in question get because it is patently clear that he DID NOT see what happened and he GUESSED?

Similarly, what penalty, financial or otherwise, should the umpire receive for his contact with the player?

Umpires miss stuff, no question.
I thought the rule staging came into effect to penalise cheating, so to
penalise Harvey.
I wasn't implying anything for the ump.
I imagine the umpire's game will come into review,as per usual, and the best umps
get the finals game at the end of the season.

shwaborn wrote: Umpires miss stuff, no question.
I thought the rule staging came into effect to penalise cheating, so to
penalise Harvey.
I wasn't implying anything for the ump.
I imagine the umpire's game will come into review,as per usual, and the best umps
get the finals game at the end of the season.

The salient points are that in the first instance the umpire did not see what had transpired when he awarded the 50 m penalty. He guessed and umpires are not supposed to guess.

Secondly, with respect to the umpire contacting the player, what would the sanction be if the roles were reversed? I have a very big problem with this as it clearly and demonstrably shows that the umpires have very little regard for the welfare of the players. If they had such regard for the players, why do they refuse to blow the whistle when it is clear that a player could be seriously injured, yet allow play to continue in close proximity to the injured player? Compare that attitude with what they do if an umpire is injured; they almost break the speed of light in blowing the whistle to stop play.

in regard to the umpires, you win some you lose some. Its that simple. They even interviewed Matt Priddis about what Harvey did, and Priddis basically giggled and said "he's a cheeky bugger, Oh well good luck to him". Well done Matthew.

As for the umps, they should never guess and clearly the umpire did on that occasion. Not good but that's life. He may get demoted for it.