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Message: [QUOTE="Sproj, post: 3298126, member: 8423"] I appreciate your well thought and argued replies, I feel like this is a really interesting discussion and is what I've been hoping for by starting this thread. I think you are right in that a lot of it comes down to opinion and bias and particularly so when you team sucks, which the Broncos very much do and unfortunately for you guys, the Raiders too. I do not think you can prove the refereeing is better, I feel like this is all very arguable and in fact, I think the 6-agains have given rise to perhaps making it look like refereeing has become better when in actual fact, it is more that the game is faster and therefore, errors in the 6-again are missed, moved on to fast or not made accountable because as almost everyone agrees, we often have no idea what they are for. Also, it is well known on here that I personally have stopped watching any game not involving the Broncs, so my opinion may well be skewed. However, from what I saw in the games I watched earlier in the year, teams up to the top of the ladder, notably Penrith and Parramatta, generally live offside. You can watch any replay from earlier in the year and if you focus on that, you will see it very clearly. However, as soon as the other team has a player offside, they are often penalised. This does not make good officiating. Is one ref better than two? Under the old rules, I would have likely agreed however under the new rules, if the players are playing more under fatigue due to faster games, it isn't logical to think the same won't happen to the refs. In addition, in the games I have watched, the captain's challenge is often correct / incorrect due to a technicality or in our club's case, stupidity in choosing which calls to challenge. And this is not meant to be a full on go at the refs, I am sure they do as well as they can under a set of extremely challenging circumstances. I argue the refs are being asked to officiate too much and are provided very little support from the powers that be or sidelines - don't get be started on the touchies, how you can miss 3m forward passes regularly is beyond me. The reality is, the officiating in my opinion is helping the ruin the game because the powers that be make massive changes on a whim and the poor refs cop the brunt of it. If clubs are confused about it all, I find it unlikely the refs wouldn't be at times either. Take for example our win against the Roosters, there is no way we win that without the massive leg ups we received from the whistle blower. Then the farce that is the salary cap and now rewarding mercenaries for hire and making the best better and the worst somehow worse, this isn't professional at all. [/QUOTE]

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