The questioning of umpires...

Interesting comments by Ian Chappell on Channel 9 this morning. He's noticed that there's an increase by players questioning an umpire after he turns down an appeal. He rightly points out that a captain can ask questions about a point of law , but questioning a judgement call doesn't fall into that category.

I don't like players squaring up to umpires and debating decisions - no umpire will change his mind no matter what the player says! Just the thought of cricketers behaving like footballers makes my blood run cold (just look what happens when a ref gives a penalty!).

It needs sorting out now , if players can lose their match fee for over the top appealing , they should suffer the same fate for questioning the man in the middle's judgement.

Pete actually mate !! Glad to see you agree - cricketers must uphold the traditions of the game and that includes treating umpires with respect.

Pete's right, it's on a par with excessive/stupid appealing and the sooner it is stamped out the better.

I dont like the idea of cricketers using descent as a way to get their wickets.  Cricket and Rugby are two games i admire because of the respect that is given to the officials from the moment the match starts. Football is a gentlemans game played by thugs and Rugby is a thugs game played by adults, lets just hope that cricket doesnt start to go the same way! Maybe its because cricket is becoming more popular but i just hope it goes away!

Nicely put Para and let's hope the powers that be prevent this cancer from spiralling out of control.

i know that. rugby and football are both very physical and foot ball is actually sort of copied from rugby. i hate both of them.

oh. i wanted to clear that up but i just assumed they were talking about what we call football here in canada. i know that in other countries soccer is called football but i just assumed they were talking about the modified version of rugby type football.

yea, soccer is not even close to as aggresive as football/rugby, but as you mentioned the refs are not respected.

Originally posted by thebarmyarmy soccer (football) is an awsome support in which many an umpire gets the highest respect.

Referees get abused all the time in football (soccer to those of you who didn't invent the game). It's not an awesome sport, cheating and deception is rife, not to mention overpaid prima donnas.

I really don't want to get drawn into a cricket v football debate, so I'm not going to.