Re: Petition to improve the standard of officiating - SIGN N : Tue Aug 13, 2013 2:16 pm  

richie166 wrote:

I'd love to know where the money to pay for all these extra refs/video refs/cameras/cameramen is going to come from.

Tbh, a lot of it has gone into trying to keep a London team in super league.

We also have no sponsor, and last season's sponsor provided the sport with £0.

That's the reason there is no money.

Re: Petition to improve the standard of officiating - SIGN N : Tue Aug 13, 2013 2:35 pm  

ScottHKR wrote:

Tbh, a lot of it has gone into trying to keep a London team in super league.

We also have no sponsor, and last season's sponsor provided the sport with £0.

That's the reason there is no money.

You've come to the wrong board to make sure accusations as a lot of money has gone into trying to keep a London team in super league.
I await gutterfax's standard reply.

Re: Petition to improve the standard of officiating - SIGN N : Tue Aug 13, 2013 2:37 pm  

ScottHKR wrote:

Tbh, a lot of it has gone into trying to keep a London team in super league.

Can I ask for a bit more detail on that? What money has the RFL sunk into it?

If you're going to make passive aggressive comments on the boards for the London team (and others, trying to create tension) don't get shirty when people make comments at you.

The big problem is not many people want to watch the sport, not many want to play it, and even fewer want to officiate it. So your petition will only make people think it's such a thankless task why bother, especially when you want to reduce the efficacy of the referee by making them more dependant on tech.

Re: Petition to improve the standard of officiating - SIGN N : Tue Aug 13, 2013 2:38 pm  

Like I have said in another post! reffing from the stand or sat in front of the TV is easy!
Momentum rule is exactly that, but if you have a player passing the ball when they are at full speed the actually travel carriage of the ball over the ground will be fwd over the ground. On the fwd pass I actually agree that there seems to be a reluctance for officials to call it, TJ's only advise its the ref that decides if he wants to call it fwd
As for sin bin, and on report yes it should only be used for incidents that are not severe enough to justify removing the player from the field. one offence on the pitch may not justify sin bin but if the player is persistent offender then he should face discip, the ref on the day cannot do that.
The only way you will get rid of "mistakes" is sanitise the sport to the level of American football would you want that.

Re: Petition to improve the standard of officiating - SIGN N : Tue Aug 13, 2013 2:46 pm  

I do think the replays that vid ref is watching should not be shown on the big screens at games, they don't show it live at NRL games.
Having an understanding of what it is like to ref might give you a different view on standards, actually from what I have sen this year the blokes in the middle have been pretty good this year.
The only real controversy has been caused by the technology that its being suggested should be increased.

Re: Petition to improve the standard of officiating - SIGN N : Tue Aug 13, 2013 2:55 pm  

ScottHKR wrote:

Tbh, a lot of it has gone into trying to keep a London team in super league.

We also have no sponsor, and last season's sponsor provided the sport with £0.

That's the reason there is no money.

Are now you are showing your true colours and you are very wide of the mark and wrong on a number of counts. About sums up your petition biased in every respect.

Re: Petition to improve the standard of officiating - SIGN N : Tue Aug 13, 2013 3:32 pm  

ScottHKR wrote:

Tbh, a lot of it has gone into trying to keep a London team in super league.

We also have no sponsor, and last season's sponsor provided the sport with £0.

That's the reason there is no money.

Whereas Hull KA get the same amount of money as London and produce few SL level players and are apparently very short of money despite hand-outs from the council to improve the stadium and being based in an RL hotbed with strong media support and amateur RL heritage.

Who's wasting the money?

Re: Petition to improve the standard of officiating - SIGN N : Tue Aug 13, 2013 3:34 pm  

mickyb1234 wrote:

I do think the replays that vid ref is watching should not be shown on the big screens at games, they don't show it live at NRL games.
Having an understanding of what it is like to ref might give you a different view on standards, actually from what I have sen this year the blokes in the middle have been pretty good this year.
The only real controversy has been caused by the technology that its being suggested should be increased.

Can't agree, I have never seen a season with so many forward passes missed, which lead to tries, that is getting something basic wrong. Roby for me stands in strange positions, not allowing him to see passes go forward, but then he has two assistants to help?

Some of the best video ref work has been with Ian Smith, when he talks you through his decision!

Re: Petition to improve the standard of officiating - SIGN N : Tue Aug 13, 2013 3:35 pm  

jaybs wrote:

Can't agree, I have never seen a season with so many forward passes missed, which lead to tries, that is getting something basic wrong. Roby for me stands in strange positions, not allowing him to see passes go forward, but then he has two assistants to help?

Some of the best video ref work has been with Ian Smith, when he talks you through his decision!

so when you are talked through a decision by a pro ref you agree with it? Funny that.

Re: Petition to improve the standard of officiating - SIGN N : Tue Aug 13, 2013 3:39 pm  

Tre Cool wrote:

so when you are talked through a decision by a pro ref you agree with it? Funny that.

Still hungry, Mr Bad Head! No, it tells you why he made the decision!