TokyoEagle said:
Rusty said:
They should seriously use the bunker system where they throw 5 guys in a room at RL headquarters away from the game.
Don't let them know the score, or hear the fans. Don't let them know the penalty count or anything. Only show them the footage of the try in question and then get a majority decision and go with that.
Even better, use five guys in england without any connection to the clubs in the game to do the video stuff.
We could pay them in pints
My whole point is that the problem is two fold.
1. The video ref is making huge errors.
2. The video ref is seen as having an agenda. Ie. Evening out a game, bringing a team back into the contest, predetermined results etc.
By ensuring the video ref is separated from the emotion and the information about things like penalty counts and scorelines at least some of that perception of bias is removed.
Also I think if you have 5 guys separately coming up with a conclusion, then the aberrant outlier results would be diminished if not eliminated.