Contact with an umpire??
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Contact with an umpire??
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.
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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.
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.
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Almost identical.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?
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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...yipper wrote:Almost identical.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?
no malice or intent towards harming or fending away the umpire instead showing him what happened as was duly confirmed on the replay...
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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.Saints Premiers 2006 wrote: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...yipper wrote:Almost identical.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?
no malice or intent towards harming or fending away the umpire instead showing him what happened as was duly confirmed on the replay...
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the umps need to get over themself "ooo you cant touch me im the umpire" no wonder they have delussions of grandure !!!
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