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- May 17, 2023
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- AFL Club
- Tasmania
absolutely agree.The league need to find umpires it’s a disgrace the fees rise every year but umpires lessen.
Clubs who abuse umpires need to be punished with huge fines and use that money to find replacements. It needs to stop. Some leagues are having nearly 50% of their umpires quit every year.
Speaking to people involved the junior abuse basically halts any progression as most quit due to it. We are seeing howlers in the AFL but people expect perfect umpiring at this level?
The league need to have a zero tolerance policy and start punishing clubs severely.
from what i hear the abuse towards junior umpires is a lot less. I think it would be frowned upon by most reasonable people.
i think when people go on saturdays, 6 beers in they think its their right to abuse local umpires. Lets hope this mindset can be changed, but the Clubs culture will drive it.
There is a large number of Junior footballers taking up umpiring from what im told so if it doesnt change at senior level then we will lose these kids and have to put up with disgraceful cheats like Boots forever.