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Message: [QUOTE="Organix, post: 3447908, member: 8187"] I agree fully with the concept being based around momentum. It is what makes this sport so amazing, but it is also its Achilles' Heel. In a perfect world the Ref's decisions should balance out if it is free flowing and mostly innocuous minor infringements. Obviously, the better refs would ping momentum-altering plays, both ways, e.g., slowing the ruck, and moving forward off the mark, etc. The MAJOR issue facing this momentum-based sport is the 6-again system. It grants far too much momentum and can easily be manipulated. Furthermore, it is compounding, i.e., once you have some, you're likely to continue to get more, particularly early in the game. Secondary to this are any large momentum-changing calls such as the 20m, 7-tackle restarts from a poor kick into the in-goal area. Such a minor error doesn't deserve such a large momentum swing against. Fair enough if you kick from 40+m out and the ball goes dead in goal, you're not building pressure, but if you're close to scoring, put in a short kick, or knock-on in goal, why such a huge momentum swing? That is completely stupid in the context of the game. However, the NRL is not a smart sporting body. [/QUOTE]

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