Furious Flagmantle fans have commenced legal action against the AFL after a series of erroneous calls cost them a win against Carlton on the weekend.
The lawsuit states that both paying a mark and pinging Clark for dissent directly relate to their premiership dreams being all but distinguished.
As a result of these decisions, many Flagmantle supporters see the deposits they put down on the bus for September wasted and demand compensation.
We spoke to a Flagmantle fan who said a loss in Round 4 was all the proof he needed that the Flagmantle behemoth had been stopped for another year,
“My wife says I’m carrying on like a pork chop but 4 points is everything in this game and we should’ve got them. I’ve already spent money on a bus, accommodations, and tickets to the GF, I demand compo!”
Naturally, the AFL will allege that the Flagmantle fanbase is overreacting, in no small part due to the sensationalised shit-posting by the State’s rag.
A spokesperson for the AFL told The Times,
“If you were foolish enough to put down a nonrefundable deposit on a bus to the Grand Final in round 4 then you kind of deserve what you get. We acknowledge a mark shouldn’t have been paid but we have to back our umpires no matter how dogshit their judgment can be”
Another more pragmatic Flagmantle fan conceded that you really can’t blame a loss on 1 or 2 umpiring decisions. He mused,
“Ultimately, it’s a game made up of dozens of decisions, sometimes they go your way and sometimes they don’t. Who knows we may not have been in the position we were at the end of the game but for some calls in our favour. Then again, I will be waiting outside that particular umpire’s accommodations later today. That’s just how the Flagmantle fans roll”
Good luck with the class action.
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