AFL Club Fined for Umpire Tweets

AFL club Carlton has been fined $(AU) 7500 because three of its players players used social media to criticise AFL umpires.

Marc Murphy, Jarrad Waite and Jeremy Laidler used their Twitter accounts to vent their feelings over the officiating.

AFL football operations manager, Adrian Anderson, warned that players will face the same disciplinary measures for criticising officials via social media as they would for comments made in interviews or press conferences.

“A player’s use of social media to make comments around umpiring will be subject to the AFL’s rules in exactly the same way as comments made in a formal interview or any other media environment,” Anderson said.

“The AFL competition must continue to set a positive example on conduct towards umpires.”

Carlton coach Brett Ratten has received a formal warning for comments about officials he made during his press conference last Thursday.

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