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Message: [QUOTE="Coxy, post: 2098124, member: 1764"] As I say though, it's a difficult juggle. The more teams you attract, the more referees you need so the more rookies and ordinary referees you will have who may never get it. If treated the way Rock and Queenslander were, then teams stop playing...which in turn reduces demand on referees. I don't think organisers deliberately try and piss off the teams, but seriously sometimes they have no choice but to persevere with ordinary refs and put up with and excuse bad performances. Even harder when most of the good referees are rep players who are often injured after carnivals so can't ref for a while, so inexperienced or average referees get too many games and that actually makes them worse as they fatigue. And as I said, they so rarely organise ref training sessions, and you rarely get a big turn out for them. But it's not made compulsory. Hell, when I started I had to pass a written exam, now you don't even have to do that! They're so desperate for refs they give a shirt to anyone who shows interest. I THOROUGHLY recommend any player to give refereeing a go. It's bloody hard, and you learn more about the game and how it's played. [/QUOTE]

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