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prises players from our C to i)4 sections . seftion in todays "Amateur Footballer " game in a bit more detail and provide e to our friends from the west .
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IN i, do ma : mistakes, but so do footbal Ts . politicians, ori4s, husbands, wives and children . Some recent aing feedback sheets indicated some clubs though t ,m!amg standards had dropped . Co-incidentally umpiring : m a major topic for the media as a result of the Todd incident my 20 years of umpiring at the elite (AFL) and level ijor competitions such as the VAFA it is c c2r3 s after 5 or 6 rounds to look f r al cors deflect attention from themselves and their teams p-ince when it is below the expectations of their club and <ters. Umpiring and umpiring standards are the obviou s r_? : , ~ts t res are human and do make mistakes and sometimes ,n : :ii-es have had days like players and teams alike . As coach u ipires I treat all requests to review our standards mee most seriously . i~
J I~ ~ ppointing responding to feedback from a coach whos e of the umpire is so had that in the bouncing area of , lback sheet the response is -throw ups were poor when I", 'thout a single positive comment or area of that me was deemed satisfactory .
REINSTATEMENT OPINION e VAFA has in recent
es been criticised by a group of clubs fo r
granting a reinstatement to a leading A section dub,- here the player in question did not have a prior affiliation with the club in that he did not play with a team of that club (before plc -ng football at the elite level - AFL/VFL) , but it was a : that due to the fact that the player attended a school an led with another VAFA dub this was seen as an appropriate and binding prior affiliation . The VAFA sought legal opinion from a Queen's Counsel . That opinion was considered by the Executive Committee at it s
eeting last Monday night . The Executive has accepted the Opinion that the
reinstatement was con fly given, having regard for the fac t
the player had not p : [sly play e l with a team of a VAFA club and as a re--- : -1 - had a choice of the guideline under which he could seek reinstatement - he could at his option either, - choose to go straight from AFL/VFL football to a club of his choice ; or he could choose to go to the club of the VAFA linked to the school he formerly attended (if this was his choice, the reinstatement would not count as one of the four for the year for the club) ; or finally he could choose to be reinstated to a club of his choice under Guideline 2, in that he was Under 23 at the time he sought reinstatement (this would count as one of the four reinstatements for the chosen club) . The player chose, (and this is important), to go to the club of his choice (under Guideline 1(i), and not Guideline 1(ii) or 2) and the reinstatement counts as one of the four allowable for that clu b for 2001 . The VAFA's interpretation has always been, that unless a player has previously played with a team of a VAFA club, he then has a choice of who he plays for, depending on the guidelines available to him and under .; -uch lie qualifies .
';,"r: look at the dilemma umpiring faces, umpires are ariven away from football because of the negativity ic s them. The game of football needs umpires, and with : .u : : . :s reducing we all have a responsibIlty to the game to i :~: ;!,, : :}rr :c# channels in a constructive manner when we feel .' :in of response is appropriate . l'i :i. Ares are human, we do make mistakes ; we also have in life ; do we or don't we umpire? Consider how it : -our club if appointed umpires don t exis t
i : . rig interference of umpires, this question has been Ain tolays Umpires Corner."
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