James Gallagher
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I don't think it's helped, but I actually don't think this is necessarily about players being umpires.
I don't know Nick Foote.
I have no reason to doubt that, you know, what he said he thought he heard is what he thought he heard.
He was focusing on umpiring the game.
Zach and Ollie were focusing on playing it.
It's entirely understandable that that might be misheard.
I think there's no doubt in my mind that that's what happened.
And...
those two things can be the case.
And the tribunal should have been able to say, you know what, we actually believe both of you.
But that doesn't get us to a point of understanding and being confident enough to uphold a charge.
I think ideally...
what we should see is good dialogue between players and umpires.
I think that ultimately helps the relationship.
They're operating every week.
They're out on the field.
There's a lot going on.
There's a lot of noise.
There's a lot of decisions.
There's a lot of emotion and energy.