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Article: AFL: AFL to meet with its umpires
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- AAP Sports News (Australia)
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- June 18, 2002
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AFL: AFL to meet with its umpires
By Roger Vaughan
MELBOURNE, June 18 AAP - The AFL will meet with the umpires' association
tomorrow to
discuss a push for the men in white to comment publicly about controversial
decisions.
AFL football operations manager Andrew Demetriou will discuss the
issue with association
chief executive Rob Anderson, two days after Anderson said the umpires
should be allowed
to explain themselves.
Umpiring director Jeff Gieschen said he had no problem with his
charges having that
option but was wary about how it would work.
"I think there's merit in an opportunity to be able to articulate
situations that occur
on the ground, ...