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The umpire is always right, even when he is wrong. Blatantly wrong, unbelievably wrong, Koertzen-esque wrong.
Just wrong! Thousands of people in the stadium know the umpire is wrong, millions watching on TV know the umpire is wrong, so why is it that the umpire is always right?
There is an unwritten rule that no-one dares speak about.
The umpire is the most important person in sport. No one likes to admit it as we all want to be agog at the latest skills, energy and judgement of our finest sporting heroes but without our umpires, referees, adjudicators and judges we would be left with sporting anarchy.
Plus how we would fill our time if we couldn’t look back on with a slight smirk as we ponder the worst decisions ever made by an umpire? How boring would it be if they made the correct decision?
It’s time to search the best refereeing judgements of all time – “yes, that was a plumb lbw, well done Billy” or “Mr Maradona, you handled that ball. Free kick to England and a red card for cheating”.
Rugby union is certainly at the top of the umpire/referee respect table but that’s not good enough. It’s like being top of the most helpful estate agent league.
AFL is getting there but both are still a long way off from the respect that umpires deserve.
I want to see tougher sanctions – monetary fines to the clubs and offending players but also game time punishments whether that means additional points, runs, goals, tries, then so be it.
Increase umpire respect and you will increase the quality of the game.
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