Blues Brothers trip to the tribunal

[PaulP]

The whole thing is ridiculous, umpires are part of the game and there should be interaction between them and players, the only things that we need to watch out for are intimidation and/or threatening behaviour.
Robbie Muir would have been rubbed out for life today.

I think the principle should be no physical contact between players and umpires, irrespective of whether the former or latter initiates the contact. The problem is that AFL footy is a contact sport, and it's simply not possible to avoid contact all the time. The AFL simply needs better and more sensible protocols and processes for dealing with it, not the 3 ring circus nonsense we've just endured.