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<blockquote data-quote="dasNdanger" data-source="post: 640921" data-attributes="member: 61962"><p>The article seems to be pointing the finger at the assistant referees not keeping an eye out for the infringements. I have been saying for a while now that I think the TMO has made assistant refs lazy. When I first started watching the sport about 14 years ago the touch judges - as they were called at the time - were very involved in keeping an eye out for infringements. I remember one commentator even complaining about the touch judges having too much say. Well, now they don't seem to have much say about anything, and it appears their only real job during the game is to mark where the ball went into touch. </p><p></p><p>Less time was wasted when the assistant refs were more involved in the game, instead of always going 'upstairs' to get a TMO opinion that has often proved erroneous. I know refs are trained, but there seems to be an overall laziness - or...I would hate to think it's purposeful rigging of the games...too much internal disagreement on what defines a particular infringement. It seems that the refs could be imposing their own personal opinions about how things should be handled instead of following the rule book. </p><p></p><p></p><p>das</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dasNdanger, post: 640921, member: 61962"] The article seems to be pointing the finger at the assistant referees not keeping an eye out for the infringements. I have been saying for a while now that I think the TMO has made assistant refs lazy. When I first started watching the sport about 14 years ago the touch judges - as they were called at the time - were very involved in keeping an eye out for infringements. I remember one commentator even complaining about the touch judges having too much say. Well, now they don't seem to have much say about anything, and it appears their only real job during the game is to mark where the ball went into touch. Less time was wasted when the assistant refs were more involved in the game, instead of always going 'upstairs' to get a TMO opinion that has often proved erroneous. I know refs are trained, but there seems to be an overall laziness - or...I would hate to think it's purposeful rigging of the games...too much internal disagreement on what defines a particular infringement. It seems that the refs could be imposing their own personal opinions about how things should be handled instead of following the rule book. das [/QUOTE]
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