{"id":69280,"date":"2021-05-10T03:24:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T03:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=69280"},"modified":"2021-05-10T04:05:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T04:05:39","slug":"incentive-afl-great-wants-to-become-an-umpire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=69280","title":{"rendered":"Incentive AFL great wants to become an umpire"},"content":{"rendered":"

St Kilda and Essendon great Brendon Goddard<\/a> has backed calls for AFL umpiring to become a full-time job, making the extraordinary remark that he'd even consider picking up a whistle if the salary was significant enough.<\/p>\n

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When asked on radio station RSN if he'd weigh up umpiring if he was met with up to a $200,000-a-year deal, Goddard said he would, while also making the clear point that umpiring as a career pathway would become much more appealing to teens if it was made a full-time gig.<\/p>\n

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"I'd negotiate that ($200,000 salary)," Goddard said.<\/p>\n

"It'd make it more appealing, right?<\/p>\n

"I love the game and it's a really important part of the game, for mine.<\/p>\n

"And the better, more experienced umpires – and I've been harsh on this – have a better feel, respectfully, for the game, because they've been there, they've experienced it. So I think it can only benefit.<\/p>\n

"And it gives a pathway for other younger, aspiring umpires that are out there grinding each weekend at junior level … They've got light at the end of the tunnel."<\/p>\n

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A total of 85 players in VFL\/AFL history have taken up umpiring on the big stage.<\/p>\n

The only one still umpiring is former Richmond, Port Adelaide and Melbourne midfielder David Rodan, who played 185 AFL games between 2002 and 2013.<\/p>\n

Goddard was the No.1 pick in the 2002 national draft and went on to play 334 AFL matches with St Kilda and Essendon.<\/p>\n

The Victorian won two All Australian blazers, in 2009 and 2010, and won Essendon's best-and-fairest gong in 2013.<\/p>\n

Goddard was a defender and midfielder who developed a reputation as one of the fiercest competitors in the game.<\/p>\n

He was sometimes seen roasting his own Essendon teammates on the field in the twilight years of his career.<\/p>\n

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