Sportsmanship

[Phantom Gossiper]

I umpired an under 17 game last season where one team was winning by so much that a player was running down the wing and his team-mate laid a perfect tackle on him, I didn't know what to do.

Simple, holding the ball selfish young fulla!

[Lightning McQueen]

I umpired an under 17 game last season where one team was winning by so much that a player was running down the wing and his team-mate laid a perfect tackle on him, I didn't know what to do.

Simple, holding the ball selfish young fulla!

It was but I couldn't pay a free to his team mate. I went over to both coaches and asked if they wanted to end the game there and then.

[Phantom Gossiper]

It was but I couldn't pay a free to his team mate. I went over to both coaches and asked if they wanted to end the game there and then.

Pay the free to the nearest opposition player - no different to out on the full..

[Lightning McQueen]

It was but I couldn't pay a free to his team mate. I went over to both coaches and asked if they wanted to end the game there and then.

Pay the free to the nearest opposition player - no different to out on the full..

As an umpire you have a split second to make a decision, when something out of the ordinary like that happens it throws you off guard.

[Mythical Creature]

I umpired an under 17 game last season where one team was winning by so much that a player was running down the wing and his team-mate laid a perfect tackle on him, I didn't know what to do.

Simple, holding the ball selfish young fulla!

It was but I couldn't pay a free to his team mate. I went over to both coaches and asked if they wanted to end the game there and then.

I think I was at this game LM?

Maybe Incorrect disposal, although that rule never seems to get paid these days.

[Lightning McQueen]

I think I was at this game LM?

Maybe Incorrect disposal, although that rule never seems to get paid these days.

That you were. It wasn't a great day.

[beeroclock]

We can jump on our high morale horses and comment/suggest/insinuate what we believe is best and the right thing to do etc but I guess we can't fully appreciate how these kids are feeling or what they are experiencing personally.

I mean we have all been involved in thrashing, but everyone deals with it differently - I personally had no issue and strangely preferred to be on the receiving end of a 30 goal thumping than on the winning end because i always felt like I was working harder and trying for something whereas winning by that margin was well boring..

Anyone this is what one of the u/14's kids in that Ingle Farm side has said on the matter:

It's ruins us even more that teams are just mucking around with the ball hand balling over our heads streaming into goal having a good old laugh while we're there wondering what the hell has happened.

Everyone says keep your heads up to us. From a players point of view , how can we?
And all the other clubs show so much disrespect to us after they have just finished thumping us most don't even shake hands after a game. All of us are heart broken and don't even really feel like playing every Sunday.

That's sad to read.
They will be at training again tonight though.
NEJMFA have 3 x U/14 grades with 6 teams in each

[beeroclock]

One on one would have been the go.
No issue there.
Footy gods always have the last say anyway.

Good on the footy gods.
Maybe should have played the lesser lights against the crap teams like Ingle Farm to get them up to speed.