Im not a film buff by any stretch, and 5 films have have influenced me would be different to most enjoyed type thing, but top 5 would be something like
1. The Shawshank redemption
2. The Godfather
3. The Shining
4. The Last castle (this is one I stand in disagreement with alot of other people on)
5. The Matrix
Like the idea of yellow/red cards given to players by umpires
People who know exactly what I'm up to need to know this is personal opinion.
The new laws are out, it isn't physical cards as such, theres now 4 Levels of offenses ranging in penalty.
I don't have an issue with umpires having these sorts of powers per se. But to me they have skipped a whole chain in the argument. If you read my questions to Aslabie youll kind of get what I mean but I think there is a huge disconnect between what umpires are trained to do, trained to put up with and trained to communicate, try to not report etc and what the players expect of umpires. I think there are too many umpires who are not up with the laws enough, cant communicate enough and rely on the old 'gentlemans game' and 'the umpire is always right' to get through and I think this is causing issues.
Now, there are things that are obvious. If I take a stump out of the ground and beat an umpire, that's fine, I dont think anyone would disagree about any punishment, however its more nuanced than that and I think basically the culture is going to remain the same. Its a doctrinal shift in the expectation of umpires to do this sort of thing..
I am also aware of one full ICC member country that has received legal advice that asking an umpire to eject a player that has already shown a disposition to violence would likely meet the legal definition of an unsafe workplace.
So, conceptually, Im all for umpires having these sorts of ability in a very general sense, however I think there is work to be done and this assumption umpires need the powers is missing what I think is a major cause of the issue.
Ever been on TV, even if for only a second
Ive umpired matches that have had highlights broadcast if that counts. Else I dont think so.
How did you meet Mrs Passport
Back in our retail days we worked together. She actually asked me out![DOUBLEPOST=1500192614][/DOUBLEPOST]
Your favorite Football club?
I don't really follow any football. I still don't understand soccer or rugby. If I had to pick an AFL team it would be Port Power but I couldn't tell you who they played type thing