Your "analogy" was highly contentious and deserved to be disputed when you consider that the Leo Barry marking contest was the result of the umpires...
I agree 2016 was a farce and a tainted win by the Bulldogs, but if you take your argument to its logical conclusion, then 2005 was a fake win by us,...
Back in the day when a player collected the ball and was immediately tackled it was deemed "Holding the Ball". Then someone logically questioned why...