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CibbuanoPies questioned
April 20th 2009 05:00
AFL football operations manager Adrian Anderson confirmed on Monday Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse would be asked to justify why he should not be sanctioned for his verbal tirade towards the umpires at quarter-time of last Friday night's clash with Brisbane at the Gabba.
Malthouse was captured by cameras staring at the umpires and delivering a spray just moments after Shane O'Bree gave away a 50m penalty on the quarter-time siren.
Anderson said no action would be taken against Scott McLaren or O'Bree over an incident during the third quarter.
The league said any contact between McLaren and O'Bree was purely incidental.
The AFL will also investigate comments made by president Eddie McGuire on 3AW on Monday morning.
"We believe at Collingwood there's never been a situation at the moment where there's been more disjointedness between the AFL, and the umpires and the clubs as there is at the moment," McGuire said.
McGuire said the league needed to investigate why so many players are making contact with umpires.
"How many umpires do we have these days? We have three boundaries, three field, two goal umpires at any one stage, there's going to be contact," he said.
"And we're seeing more of it. What we think is maybe we need to have a look at why there's more contact."
"And off the top of my head we think the bounce is one of the main reasons."
Anderson said the AFL is concerned at the negative comments its umpires have received recently.
"We're concerned because to be able to recruit the best umpires to our game we have to create an environment where there isn't a level of disrespect, abuse, undermining; and that's really at the heart of the rules to protect umpires," he said.
The AFL and Collingwood will meet on Wednesday to sort out their differences.
Malthouse was captured by cameras staring at the umpires and delivering a spray just moments after Shane O'Bree gave away a 50m penalty on the quarter-time siren.
Anderson said no action would be taken against Scott McLaren or O'Bree over an incident during the third quarter.
The league said any contact between McLaren and O'Bree was purely incidental.
The AFL will also investigate comments made by president Eddie McGuire on 3AW on Monday morning.
"We believe at Collingwood there's never been a situation at the moment where there's been more disjointedness between the AFL, and the umpires and the clubs as there is at the moment," McGuire said.
McGuire said the league needed to investigate why so many players are making contact with umpires.
"How many umpires do we have these days? We have three boundaries, three field, two goal umpires at any one stage, there's going to be contact," he said.
"And we're seeing more of it. What we think is maybe we need to have a look at why there's more contact."
"And off the top of my head we think the bounce is one of the main reasons."
Anderson said the AFL is concerned at the negative comments its umpires have received recently.
"We're concerned because to be able to recruit the best umpires to our game we have to create an environment where there isn't a level of disrespect, abuse, undermining; and that's really at the heart of the rules to protect umpires," he said.
The AFL and Collingwood will meet on Wednesday to sort out their differences.
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