Clay
Bencher
Now let me preface by saying I love a good conspiracy theory and I cannot stand Jamie Soward but I reckon he could be on to something here. Some of the decision they send upstairs when the ref is right there is ridiculous.
NRL 2015: Jamie Soward believes KFC and the NRL have agreed to send more decisions upstairs
Pamela Whaley
FOX SPORTS
August 05, 2015 2:01PM
Truth behind video ref usage
JAMIE Soward has a conspiracy theory for the video referee that he has aptly named ‘chicken time’.
Speaking on Fox Sports’ The Back Page on Tuesday night, Soward said he suspected the use of the video referee was commercially driven, suggesting there is a secret quota that the referees have to meet to satisfy the KFC sponsorship.
“We were playing the Bulldogs and it was just at the end and Bryce Cartwright scored right in front of the ref and he went up to see if he grounded it. I said ‘oh, mate. You were a metre away. You’re just going up to see if it’s chicken time’,” the Panthers star said.
“We just want the referee to make a call. Like, Gavin Badger, although he’s out there and he’s got this horrendous beard at the moment, which no one likes, he just makes a call and you sort of run with it.
“You get some and you don’t get some. They just seem to be going up there for every try and it takes away the emotion of, when you score a great try all your fans go up and then they’ve got to check it.”
Soward quickly clarified that he has no problem with the Colonel’s finest, merely the blatant use of the video referee for simple decisions.
“We haven’t had much chicken lately,” he said, poking fun at Penrith’s four-game losing streak.
“Well, not in the game. I have KFC once week.”
NRL 2015: Jamie Soward believes KFC and the NRL have agreed to send more decisions upstairs
Pamela Whaley
FOX SPORTS
August 05, 2015 2:01PM
Truth behind video ref usage
JAMIE Soward has a conspiracy theory for the video referee that he has aptly named ‘chicken time’.
Speaking on Fox Sports’ The Back Page on Tuesday night, Soward said he suspected the use of the video referee was commercially driven, suggesting there is a secret quota that the referees have to meet to satisfy the KFC sponsorship.
“We were playing the Bulldogs and it was just at the end and Bryce Cartwright scored right in front of the ref and he went up to see if he grounded it. I said ‘oh, mate. You were a metre away. You’re just going up to see if it’s chicken time’,” the Panthers star said.
“We just want the referee to make a call. Like, Gavin Badger, although he’s out there and he’s got this horrendous beard at the moment, which no one likes, he just makes a call and you sort of run with it.
“You get some and you don’t get some. They just seem to be going up there for every try and it takes away the emotion of, when you score a great try all your fans go up and then they’ve got to check it.”
Soward quickly clarified that he has no problem with the Colonel’s finest, merely the blatant use of the video referee for simple decisions.
“We haven’t had much chicken lately,” he said, poking fun at Penrith’s four-game losing streak.
“Well, not in the game. I have KFC once week.”