The fines are right, they must protect umps at lower levels were any "threshold of contact" is not measurable or police-able!
Scott's comments are ignorant of the situations where you can have teenagers or girls umpiring men as part of a suburban or regional match day panel. No level of contact is acceptable, the AFL is the standard bearer!
I have no problem with the AFL fines or bans.
I have a huge problem with Scott, Dangerfield and the AFL media speaking out because their motives are self-indulgent and not pure! They made the issue all about them when in fact there is a much bigger picture!
I'd assert if some lowly Geelong player had come out and made those Dangfield comments the media would have keelhauled them!
Scott's comments are ignorant of the situations where you can have teenagers or girls umpiring men as part of a suburban or regional match day panel. No level of contact is acceptable, the AFL is the standard bearer!
I have no problem with the AFL fines or bans.
I have a huge problem with Scott, Dangerfield and the AFL media speaking out because their motives are self-indulgent and not pure! They made the issue all about them when in fact there is a much bigger picture!
I'd assert if some lowly Geelong player had come out and made those Dangfield comments the media would have keelhauled them!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"