Umpires should also be fined

India
January 5, 2008 10:21am CST
When there are norms and clause for the conducts of players , then there should be some laws for umpires also. In this second test match between India and Australia you can see how big blunders umpires are making.
5 responses
• India
6 Jan 08
i completely agree with you .........one or mistakes here and there are ok but umpires making too many mistakes in a match makes me fell tht there is something fishy .........yes they have to be finned
@don007rvs (129)
• India
6 Jan 08
sorry mate umpire is one from england other from westindies . if any one from asia then they can be fined
@jormins (1223)
• United States
5 Jan 08
I agree that if these umpires are full time employees, they should be punished for doing a poor job. In the US most of our referees and umpires aren't even full time employees (they have to have another job to support themselves) which in professional sports is a very dangerous thing. Even in baseball, the US's "most hallowed past time" they are talking about instituting instant replay after some really bad calls. It really hurts a sport when the umpires affect the games so much as they currently do. Sports that don't have their umpires full time need to step and give them a raise. The NFL is rich with money and they have part time umpires/referees.
• India
5 Jan 08
Eventhough the Decision of Fining the Umpires makes me to think a Lot I agree with this... Bcoz this causes the teams to lose control over the Match and even leads to Defeat in the match due to those Critical Mistakes done by the Umpires.. Something should be Done on this... :)
• India
5 Jan 08
I dont think they should... They are doing their job of course all do mistakes some do big some do small ... Even they have life ... But according to latest news .. New rules will be applied shortly that players can take it to third umpire totally thrice in a test match ...