Caro has told the FIVEAA sports show:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe umpires were really upset. They\u2019ve been upset since round two when Patrick Dangerfield tweeted about that below the knees decision in the Collingwood game.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe umpires want the AFL to come out when there\u2019s a contentious decision that is correct and they want them to stick up for the umpires\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe umpires, although they play this down now, they were furious [following Anzac Day]. They were absolutely filthy. They even put together some form of press release that never came out.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat lies beneath this is that there just aren\u2019t enough umpires coming through. It\u2019s reached crisis point.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe commission won\u2019t budge on the bounce situation\u2026 the umpires say that\u2019s stopping people from coming into umpiring. Umpires at state level, and I include women in that, have been poorly and shabbily treated up until very recently.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you ask the AFL privately they\u2019ll admit they don\u2019t think the umpiring\u2019s been much good this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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