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Message: [QUOTE="Morkel, post: 2621302, member: 8215"] I don't give a shit how bad they used to be. I give even less of a shit that people think that because it's improved -slightly- that that is good enough. With the technology we are using today, if we can see blatant mistakes on TV or live at the game, then that's incredibly damning. The fact that some fuckwit has made a rule that decisions can't be overturned because it "damages the refs confidence"? That's unforgivable. It's so typical NRL that instead of making it so that the refs get the calls right, they make it so that those wrong calls are "correct" by some arse-saving clever wording. How many times do I need to point out the stupidity of the on-field ref having to make a call one way or the other, even if they have no clue? How does that fix the Foran hand-of-god situation, which was the instigator for this backwards system? If there wasn't enough evidence to call it a no-try then, how is there enough evidence to overturn a "try" call had that been the ref's on-field ruling? You see what I mean? It was 99% a no-try, but because it's not 100%, then the ref must have been correct, let's all hug and congratulate ourselves on another flawless showing. I agree that the refs should be trained as the 17th team. But that being the case, I want that team's captain present for every minute of every game. If they can't be in the stands, they need to be in Lame Bunker 3000, directing his 'forwards', getting them to do the dirty work in terms of keeping their eyes on every tackle, every pass, every ruck. While at the same time the 'backs' are analysing the video feeds, looking for opportunities to step in, call something, flag it for attention. That there, was it a strip or a bad carry, rewind camera 5, show me that tackler's arm. If my Tivo can do it, the million dollar 500fps, 4k video feeds can surely do it too. Bang, decision in 4 seconds, it was a loose carry, tried to offload. Captain has the last say, scrum. And I think I know the perfect person for that job, someone getting close to retirement, as a current NRL team captain who already runs most of their video sessions, is probably the smartest player in the game, and knows every rule backwards and upside down. [/QUOTE]

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