bandar wrote:old fullback wrote:Goal umpire at the game today during the last qtr told me that the umpires were told not to pay holding the ball, what's going on? Pulteney will be spewin , had 2 holding the balls turned down for a ball up 20m out in front, couldn't be anything but holding the ball,
If the umpires from the higher grades are giltering down for finals you will be lucky to see more than 2 holding the balls paid in a game. I believe it us a directive from the umpires coach/coordinator and we have seen it all year. It has got to the stage that the crowd rarely yells for it anymore.
Yes
It's ******* deplorable