Are umpires becoming the third team on game day?

Question

i was at the footy last week and was amazed and disappointed that the Auskick kids and little league made a gaurd of honour for the umps to run through after half time,its a joke..............umps should be right in the backgroung just doing their job UMPIRING,not trying to be celebrities do you agree/any thoughts o nthe matter

Answer 1

i think so the other day the reff was acting as if he had his own team and defending it lol

Answer 2

what the?!  Seriously that makes me sick - next thing you know there will be an umpiring drug taking scandal...pffft!

they should just focus on their job, it might help them make CORRECT decisions for a change

Umpiring at the Pies vs Brisbane was a fiasco - but then again, thats the umpires trying to grab some limelight off Judd/Fev.

Answer 3

Even though they probably make more than 50% of players they don't have enough and need the limelight.

The game of AFL i find, has degraded to such a level it's worse than basketball >_< Terrible decisions, i can't stand this rubbish.

They can't do their job properly, and soon we will be watching netball.

Answer 4

Tollay agree with ya.... Forky. Never have been a fan of the umps, especially since the game and The AFL has made the umps somewhat bigger than the supporters and made them to be bigger than the player.

The supporter's has no say on what or how to make this game even better( if they do, The AFL doesn't listen).But the friggin' umps has a lot to say.

Answer 5

I completely agree with you. I was at the Dogs/Saints match tonight (GO DOGS! 3-0) and the umpiring was fu<king terrible!

Answer 6

Yes, they are. I agree with you.

An old adage was that the less an umpire was noticed the better job he was doing. They are all h**l bent on changing that philosophy & WANT to be the centre of attention.

Answer 7

100% right umps are trying to hard to be cool and popular and they are not are costing teams games. in some of the shocking games i feel as if there should be a column on the score board for umps

Answer 8

australian captain told indian captain that if u give sachin tendulkar and dhoni to our team , we will won our all the matches from you. Indian captain replied, u give me one your umpire, i will won all the matches without any best players.

Answer 9

I completely agree with you. The umpires just wish they were the ones playing football. they are paid to run, bounce balls, blow a whistle and make calls not strut around the field like celebs.

Answer 10

Umpires barrack for Collingwood...

Answer 11

Well I think they always have been the third team.  The difference with the other two teams is THEY have to declare which way they're kicking :-)

I'm an ump in Hockey and I remember some wise words said to me that I try to live by. "You had a really good game if no-one can remember who umpired" ... quiet, softly spoken, respectful are other good words.

These days it seems AFL umps even provide commentary on the run, congratulating and admonishing players on good or bad play.  (E.g, I heard one ump dressing down Steve Johnson because he played on when the whistle blew saying it was "pretty dumb play" - Johnson was wrong and gave away 50m because a free kick had been paid against the Cats but he did exactly what his coach told him to do and what won them the flag).

So - short answer ... agree!