{"id":5438,"date":"2025-05-28T01:53:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T01:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fotobreak.com\/news\/afl-umpire-on-the-run.html"},"modified":"2025-05-28T01:53:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T01:53:39","slug":"afl-umpire-on-the-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fotobreak.com\/news\/afl-umpire-on-the-run.html","title":{"rendered":"&ldquo;Caught in the Whistle: The Wild Tale of an AFL Umpire on the Run&rdquo;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id='video-container' data-video-id='S4bxa-udLBw' style='width:100%; height:auto; max-width:587px; position: relative;'>\n<div class='image-video-plugin' style='background:url(\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/S4bxa-udLBw\/0.jpg\") center no-repeat; background-size: cover;'><\/div>\n<p>        <span class='youtube-play-button'><\/span><br \/>\n        <noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S4bxa-udLBw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/noscript>\n    <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><h2>Afl Umpire On The Run<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Picture this: an AFL umpire sprinting across the field, not to make a call, but to escape the wrath of a disgruntled fan armed with a half-eaten meat pie. It\u2019s not every day you see the person in charge of enforcing the rules turn into the star of their own action movie. But when the crowd gets rowdy, even the most stoic umpire might find themselves in a footrace they didn\u2019t train for. After all, dodging flying pies and angry shouts is <b>not<\/b> covered in the official AFL umpire handbook.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class='global-div-post-related-aib'><a href='\/news\/fred-west-daughter.html' class='post-related-aib'><div class='internal-div-post-related-aib'><span class='text-post-related-aib'>You may also be interested in:<\/span>&nbsp; <span class='post-title-aib'>Fred West\u2019s Daughter: The Family Tree You Didn\u2019t Know You Needed to Climb<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<p><p>Why is the umpire on the run, you ask? Maybe they made a controversial call, or perhaps they accidentally tripped over their own whistle. Whatever the reason, it\u2019s a sight to behold\u2014stripes flying, whistle dangling, and a look of sheer panic on their face. Here\u2019s a quick list of things an AFL umpire might be thinking mid-sprint:<\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li><b>\u201cWhy did I skip cardio this week?\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>\u201cIs this what they meant by \u2018player safety\u2019?\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>\u201cI should\u2019ve stuck to umpiring lawn bowls.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<p>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nOne thing\u2019s for sure: when the umpire\u2019s on the run, the game just got a whole lot more entertaining.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afl Umpire On The Run Picture this: an AFL umpire sprinting across the field, not to make a call, but to escape the wrath of a disgruntled fan armed with a half-eaten meat pie. It\u2019s not every day you see the person in charge of enforcing the rules turn into the star of their own&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotobreak.com\/news\/afl-umpire-on-the-run.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&ldquo;Caught in the Whistle: The Wild Tale of an AFL Umpire on the Run&rdquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotobreak.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotobreak.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotobreak.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotobreak.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotobreak.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotobreak.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotobreak.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotobreak.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotobreak.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotobreak.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}