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“These comments have provoked significant feedback from community football leagues and umpiring associations across Australia, all reporting dismay within their umpiring ranks about being able to retain numbers.”
Adrian Anderson
“We made a lot less mistakes,”
“The suggestions that umpires award free kicks without regard to the merits [of a free kick], that umpiring is not a worthwhile pursuit for kids and that umpires should put their egos in a locker are offensive and damaging.”
“It is really for the clubs and players and people providing their feedback to let us know,”
“I don't want to go into my view at the moment.”
“Under any system, an element of discretions has to be exercised,”
“What this system endeavours to do is to provide some factors which outline the discretion, which explain the discretion and make it accountable and transparent.”
“It's not a matter of which is the appropriate definition to be applied, ... but what it (i.e. the action) was.”
“What this system endeavours to do, ... is provide factors which explain the discretion and make it transparent and accountable (and) some parameters by which people can follow how they've reached their decision.”
“A player whose only offence in the past five years was a financial sanction will be eligible for a five-year good record.”
