Just watching highlights packages and the odd game besides Freo games, have seen that bomb into the forward line on many occasions this year, and that is the first time it has been paid. I have joked a few times when Freo's opponents have done that exact same thing they should be pinged for deliberate OOB. Never happened. UNTIL a Freo player did it when the game is in the balance.
I know I am paranoid, anti umpire, and biased towards Freo, but if someone has the time to watch every game played this year, maybe they could tell us how many times a ball has been kicked 60mt forward, gone out of bounds, and it has been called deliberate. Then factor in the fact it was kicked towards an open goal.
Bizkit is right, Kersten was a bad choice, if in fact he DID deliberately kick that ball out rather than having a shot for goal.