safety in numbers
it’s not an inclination, it’s just they see others go down that path without hassle (ie discrimination) and trust that it’s a safe path
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What’s to argue?
I think most here have hit the problem that it’s not so much the current players or future generations, but the older members of the media who will then tar the entire homosexual community with the same brush.
I can already cringe when considering hearing Brian Taylor when a gay player makes an error that costs a goal ‘I don’t think the rainbow army will be to happy with that don’t you think Hodgy’
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It’s a good idea all goals are reviewed lol
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It was always a lie
Given the ones they do review… you know just so they are sure and the goal umpire can be removed of responsibility of stuffing up… they decide not to review one that was actually incorrectly called.
They’ve actually admitted to the massive balls up at Adelaide the weekend.
They review every goal… that was paid.
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Just another way the AWFUL supports the bin chickens. Anything to get the Sydney crowds to turn up. Fark the rest of the league, they know supporters of other clubs will stick it out no matter the result.
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The afl will never open the door to overturning results due to an ump stuff up. That’s opening Pandora’s box
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There’s no mechanism to review every point that was paid.
Imagine with the quick kick in that the ball got to the middle of the ground and the umpire receives a message that’s it’s being reviewed.
Sydney stream forward and kick a goal.
Then the goal review is finalised. It’ll be a mess undoing all that, but the right call.
The goal review system is outdated as it is.
And the game is too faced paced for a stoppage in play for HUMAN review.
It would be great if Hawkeye in tennis technology could be applied to AFL.
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i’ve long held the belief that if it goes through the goal posts it’s a goal, regardless if it hits the post
would eliminate a fair chunk of these reviews
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We had one on the Gold Coast about 4 years ago. Goal from Zaka was about a metre over the goal line, goalie paid nothing and the Suns cleared it. Luckily Hooksey kicked the winner in the last minute and Stringer topped it off with a goal from the centre bounce.
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The funny thing is that the goal umpire that farked up is one of the biggest Crows nuffies going around.
He was at a wedding we attended a few months back and he is a different cat that’s for sure
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I claim all credit for that win and the Adelaide one before it, having attended both with a Central Australia sojourn in between.
Might have been the only time I’ve spoken to Dodoro, too. I was behind him at the Gold Coast airport security queue an hour later, and the topic was “Essington is never boring”.
hits post, crosses line = goal
hits post, doesn’t cross line = behind
problem eliminated from all levels of the sport
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They can’t even tell when:
- the ball gets over the line
- the ball goes either side of the goal post
P.S. If the ball passes over the goal or behind post, do they default to the result the betting partners would want?
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as I said it will eliminate a number of the issues that arise (but yeah not all).
As for the betting option, YES - as long as it’s done responsibly…
Don’t they have snicko on the posts or something? How was that not looked at?
Unfortunately no one ever considered that something/someone other than the ball could hit a post.
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