HoldenV8
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globaleagle said:There's a game day chat?
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At one point 1 commentator was saying 'do we have to send everything upstairs?" - at a reference to a vid review to determine a goal line drop out.
The other one was "well do you want to get it right, or do you want to let the game flow?"
A choice I never thought was mutually exclusive.
The first commentator was Warren Smith, the second was Greg Alexander. They both have good points (and like Smith, I couldn't work out why there were so many replays when the first clearly showed it was just going to be a drop out), the problem is finding a balance between getting it right and letting the game flow. Too often it goes the other way. Sometimes refs call some very soft penalties, while in the same game they let some things go (such as obvious forward passes) that should have been called.
As for the use of the video referee.....I still say that too many NRL refs rely on the video ref. Its like they are so afraid to make a judgement call for fear that they'll get crucified on video evidence, especially if it decides the outcome of a game.
Also, while on one hand I don't mind the try or no-try call when going to the video ref, what I hate is that those are the only options. There should be a third option of the on-field pinky telling the video ref that he didn't have a clear view so can't make a call either way, which leaves it up to the video ref. That would take away the pressure to have to find conclusive evidence to overrule the on-field decision....which have been wrong on numerous occasions as we've seen.