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<blockquote data-quote="YoungScud" data-source="post: 720772" data-attributes="member: 72423"><p>Did I read that right? Letting slightly forward passes go? Well, that's a new interpretation of the law, which touches on one of the main problems. It's not a ref's job to interpret, it's his job to apply the law. Picking and choosing which laws to apply shouldn't be allowed to happen. If laws are unclear, the they should be rewritten to remove doubt, and then applied. For example, no ref at the top levels even attempts to police the put-in at a scrum, yet we were promised last year by WR that this would be striclty monitored. Is it that difficult to simply stick to the laws?</p><p></p><p>As for Owens, I'll grant you he's witty, but he's the guy who, in two different games last season, acting as touch judge, asked the TMO to decide whether or not the ball cleared the bar. He was standing under it! Meanwhile, Mitrea's getting abuse for using the TMO. Frankly, I'd get rid of the whole TMO set up. Too many clearly wrong decisions are being made. Put the pressure back on the ref. If he sees an offence, or sees a ball being grounded, he awards the decision. If not, he doesn't. It's what he's paid for.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="YoungScud, post: 720772, member: 72423"] Did I read that right? Letting slightly forward passes go? Well, that's a new interpretation of the law, which touches on one of the main problems. It's not a ref's job to interpret, it's his job to apply the law. Picking and choosing which laws to apply shouldn't be allowed to happen. If laws are unclear, the they should be rewritten to remove doubt, and then applied. For example, no ref at the top levels even attempts to police the put-in at a scrum, yet we were promised last year by WR that this would be striclty monitored. Is it that difficult to simply stick to the laws? As for Owens, I'll grant you he's witty, but he's the guy who, in two different games last season, acting as touch judge, asked the TMO to decide whether or not the ball cleared the bar. He was standing under it! Meanwhile, Mitrea's getting abuse for using the TMO. Frankly, I'd get rid of the whole TMO set up. Too many clearly wrong decisions are being made. Put the pressure back on the ref. If he sees an offence, or sees a ball being grounded, he awards the decision. If not, he doesn't. It's what he's paid for. [/QUOTE]
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