Contact with an umpire??

Viking3 · Post: # 433908Post **Viking3** » Mon 13 Aug 2007 11:18pm

With the amount of players and now runners being charged with making contact with an umpire, even if accidental, how does Heath Shaw escape the spotlight and a charge? Showed footage of him giving away a free kick, the umpire standing next to him as he complains and then uses his forearm to push the umpire away. Was a lot more serious than some of these accidental contacts. Oh, I forgot, he plays for Collingwood so it gets overlooked.

brown-coat · Mon 13 Aug 2007 11:26pm

The corruption in the AFL is very deep. Sometimes it's so blatantly obvious and stupid (like this situation) that nobody even bothers.

We just sigh.

Saints Premiers 2008 · Mon 13 Aug 2007 11:37pm

oh god stop the conspiracy...it was different than being in a game and admittedly it was the wrong action he should surely not get done for anything

with this in mind though the whole touching the umpires thing is beyond a joke

Viking3 · Post: # 434048Post **Viking3** » Tue 14 Aug 2007 11:24am

Conspiracy, as you say, aside.

I have seen blokes try to get out of the way of an umpire and get done for the accidental contact. Shaw DELIBERATELY made contact, whether it was to explain something or not. If you can get done for totally accidental how can you escape a sanction for knowing what you were doing??

I too think the whole umpire thing is rubbish, but again they pick and choose when to enforce a rule or not.

Mr Magic · Post: # 434072Post **Mr Magic** » Tue 14 Aug 2007 11:49am

I haven't seen the vision of this incident. Was it similar to Greg Williams pushing/fending the umpire away that got him an 8 week deregistration?

yipper · Post: # 434074Post **yipper** » Tue 14 Aug 2007 11:54am

Mr Magic wrote:I haven't seen the vision of this incident. Was it similar to Greg Williams pushing/fending the umpire away that got him an 8 week deregistration?

Almost identical.

Saints Premiers 2008 · Tue 14 Aug 2007 12:14pm

yipper wrote:
Mr Magic wrote:I haven't seen the vision of this incident. Was it similar to Greg Williams pushing/fending the umpire away that got him an 8 week deregistration?
Almost identical.

no it wasnt...heath shaw meerly attempted to show how he was using his body in a contest that he got done for hands in the back form memory...

no malice or intent towards harming or fending away the umpire instead showing him what happened as was duly confirmed on the replay...

yipper · Post: # 434084Post **yipper** » Tue 14 Aug 2007 12:17pm

Saints Premiers 2006 wrote:
yipper wrote:
Mr Magic wrote:I haven't seen the vision of this incident. Was it similar to Greg Williams pushing/fending the umpire away that got him an 8 week deregistration?
Almost identical.
no it wasnt...heath shaw meerly attempted to show how he was using his body in a contest that he got done for hands in the back form memory...

no malice or intent towards harming or fending away the umpire instead showing him what happened as was duly confirmed on the replay...

Greg Williams used his arm to get the umpire out of his way. Shaw used his arm to demonstrate his actions. The degree of force was the same - the arm movement was very similar and the intent - although different, was in not maliciuos in BOTH cases.

st_Trav_ofWA · Tue 14 Aug 2007 12:24pm

the umps need to get over themself "ooo you cant touch me im the umpire" no wonder they have delussions of grandure !!!