Well, our cup will runneth over if the reports in the mainstream media prove to be reasonably accurate.
"... while the PA system will be used to relay umpiring and score review explanations." says The Age reporting on revamps to the "fan experience" at the Docklands stadium.
We're keeping our powder dry — to mix metaphors wildly — until our eyes or ears prove that this is a meaningful addition.
One of AussieRulesBlog's long-held bugbears has been the free kick paid by a non-controlling umpire. Those of us at the game who are watching the ball — admittedly a smallish number it seems — are left wondering what in the blazes has gone wrong when a completely unexpected free kick is paid. Often it's an out-of-zone umpire making the decision, but we fare-paying passengers have been left uninformed.
Hopefully, a scoreboard display or announcement will tell us that a free kick has been awarded to Team A Number X after Team B's Number Y gave him a swift uppercut in the midst of a rolling maul on the outer half-back flank.
We're not hanging by our thumbs waiting for too much information. Some detail will be better than what we've had.
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Our cup runneth over
"... while the PA system will be used to relay umpiring and score review explanations." says The Age reporting on revamps to the "fan experience" at the Docklands stadium.
We're keeping our powder dry — to mix metaphors wildly — until our eyes or ears prove that this is a meaningful addition.
One of AussieRulesBlog's long-held bugbears has been the free kick paid by a non-controlling umpire. Those of us at the game who are watching the ball — admittedly a smallish number it seems — are left wondering what in the blazes has gone wrong when a completely unexpected free kick is paid. Often it's an out-of-zone umpire making the decision, but we fare-paying passengers have been left uninformed.
Hopefully, a scoreboard display or announcement will tell us that a free kick has been awarded to Team A Number X after Team B's Number Y gave him a swift uppercut in the midst of a rolling maul on the outer half-back flank.
We're not hanging by our thumbs waiting for too much information. Some detail will be better than what we've had.
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