TonyK
CibbuanoAFL to revamp timekeeping system
May 16th 2008 02:20
AFL football operations boss Adrian Anderson has ordered both interim and longer-term measures in a bid to make timekeeping systems more professional and prevent the errors that saw significant time loss potentially affect the results at the Fremantle-Geelong Anzac Day clash and the round-seven St Kilda-Richmond game.
Not only will a third and extra official will oversee every game this weekend and every game for the rest of the season but the timekeeping staff will now be wired to Matchcom, the electronic device by which the umpires communicate.
The AFL is expected to completely overhaul the system in 2009 with better-paid personnel replacing or supplementing AFL timekeepers — many of them former club volunteers who earn an estimated $130 per game.
Not only will a third and extra official will oversee every game this weekend and every game for the rest of the season but the timekeeping staff will now be wired to Matchcom, the electronic device by which the umpires communicate.
The AFL is expected to completely overhaul the system in 2009 with better-paid personnel replacing or supplementing AFL timekeepers — many of them former club volunteers who earn an estimated $130 per game.
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