ftandsq wrote:Slippery Pete wrote:Anyone heard anything about umpires for next season? that being are we likely to see any new younger blokes step up? Love them or hate them we need umpires if we want to have a kick each saturday. Was good getting some recently retired blokes like Raymond and Smith on board season just gone, assume they will continue? Thought they did a good job. Read somewhere that due to the new underage SANFL changes and resulting excess number of umpires, some umps may be looking to go country as there were some disputes over training requirements if they want to umpire SAAFL higher divs. Be good if we could attract some of these younger, suitably experienced umpires to the Hills to take the pressure off some of the older blokes.
If people want to start talking money, this is where I think the league should be looking to spend more $. Just my thoughts.
Not at all slippery. Umpires are getting paid plenty already, and the more you pay them the more some of them stick around for the wrong reasons! Got enough bad umpires already without people with no idea just doing it for the cash!
Agreed fnSq, certainly dont want guys hanging around simply for $. No idea what an umpire gets each game? Was more along the lines of setting aside additional $ to attract some of these SANFL experienced umpires if they were not going to continue down in town. If you could pick up some of these more ‘experienced’ umpires then maybe you would not have to put up with ‘bad’ umpires as often. Don’t mean more $ per game, spending would be aimed at increasing the pool of umpires.
