HOW is asking "HOW?????????" not in the spirit of the game?"If they say something that an umpire construes as not in the spirit of the game, they run the risk of incurring a 50m penalty."
Seriously soft some of these knobs. This is where is becomes ridiculous. Mark McVeigh will be seen as the villain because he frustratingly asked how he gave away the free kick after the following facts.....
- earlier in the quarter he was grabbed from behind immediately when he took possession of the ball and was free kicked for holding the ball (in the centre of the ground)
- a minute later he chased down (Campbell I think) in our F50 when he had prior opportunity, and the call was "play on"
- then later in the same quarter, McVeigh was called for holding the ball again when he had no prior opportunity
Now wonder he was infuriated. Even still, he didn't swear. But McVeigh is the villain and not the umpire. F****** joke.