If they fixed the problem, they would miss out on the big fines. I have said for a long time that Walters does not duck into high tackles, he ducks to try and get under the high tackle, because he knows from experience that he will NOT get a free kick. Ballantyne dishes out the same treatment as he gets, expecting the umpires to ignore what he does just like they ignore what is done to him. That is his mistake. Does Ross go postal before and during a press conference over it ? No because he knows damn well that it wont change anything. So he tells Freo to play the game as best they can under the conditions they have to put up with. "At least we can hold our heads up and say Anytime, ANywhere Anyhow, we will give it our best shot, no matter what."
The AFL will allow the likes of Hodge, Mitchell, Harvey (pinchy) and co to get away with whatever they want, but others are not afforded the same privilege. That makes a mockery of the claim that all are treated equal. As Fyfe and the Port player Hodge rammed into the point post will testify.