There has been much debate about the AFL’s Score Review System. Despite the confusion, it often causes, it is in fact a very simple system.
Here’s a real life example of how it works:
- Field Umpire refers a decision to the video reviewer
- Panic breaks out in the box as the reviewer tries to work out what button is rewind
- Accidentally hits delete and crawls up in a ball under the desk muttering ‘very bad, very bad’ over and over
- Work experience kid works out how to recover the files
- The Reviewer decides to let the kid work the ‘buttons’
- Five minutes go by with reviewer trying to find their glasses
- Glasses are found and the reviewer looks at every angle
- Reviewer complains about Channel Seven’s ‘stupid standard definition’
- After all angles are examined carefully, reviewer says ‘I have no idea’
- Work experience kid suggests flipping a coin
- Coin flipped and lands in crack in seat with neither heads or tails up
- Referred back down to the field umpire as inconclusive
Simple, right? Makes no sense to me why people criticise the AFL about it.
COMMENTS
Shaun
Jun 27, 2019
I couldn't find a public enough forum to voice this. The score reviewers are complaining about being pressured to give answers within 22 seconds and a memo was sent out telling them to take their time. Another classic example of the AFL having double standards in order to create grey areas in the game to give them the ability to support any decision. So then, why don't the score reviewers who are complaining, have some balls and take the time they need to make the right decision and use the memo to support that decision?