An AFL spokesperson has confirmed the league has asked the Carlton cheersquad for a please explain for a chant directed at an umpire during their round eight loss to Collingwood.
The Blues' cheersquad was heard chanting "you are a wanker" towards the official, with SEN's Sam McClure breaking the news on Tuesday night.
โThe Carlton Football Club has been issued with a please explain over the cheer squad last week in the game against Collingwood chanting you are a wanker to an umpire,โ he told SENโs Time On.
โTheyโve been issued a please explain for the cheer squad chanting abuse towards an umpire.โ
โCarlton officials are scratching their head.โ
The AFL has confirmed the please explain has been sent to the Blues, although a spokesperson for the league has broken down exactly why it has been handed out.
โWhat happened is, they were using an instrument during the match, and they know they are not allowed to, because when they got approval at the start of the season, it was to be used after goals and not during play,โโ an AFL spokesman confirmed to the Herald Sun.
โThey were asked to stop by a match-day official and they didnโt.
โThey used in their chant, umpire youโre a wanker.
โThey are getting a please explain to why they are doing that.โโ
OMG are you joking you know how many cheer squadโs Do the same thing as the Carlton one all of them that chant has been going on for years Iโve been going to the footy for 40 years plus cheer squadโs will always say that of the umpire itโs just a bloody game get over yourself AFL
Should direct the chant to the AFLโฆ give us a break from the PC bulls#!t FFSโฆ.
Obviously โwhite maggotโ is no longer allowed!
it seems to me that sport, particularly AFL is becoming far too precious, and aware of political correctnes, in their endeavours to try to control the fans of the various clubs. The AFL, I would think, would and should have more important things to concern themselves with than taking away what fans have been doing for years. And if the umpire concerned canโt take some criticism for his poor performance, perhaps he might look elsewhere for another sport he can adjudicate.