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Message: [QUOTE="Morkel, post: 2507830, member: 8215"] Just reviving this thread because I have believed all year that the the Video Ref process to award / deny tries is flawed and it was only a matter of time before the Broncos were dudded by it. My colourful thoughts from incident: IMO, one of the biggest instigators for the change in process was the 'Hand Of God' situation between the Cowboys and Sea Eagles in last years finals. It was clear to everyone that Foran (?) had gotten a hand to the ball and knocked on, but because the 'Benefit Of The Doubt' rule meant that anything below 100% certainty would be ruled a try. The stupid thing is, the new process changes nothing. If the ref, on this occasion, had ruled it a Try before going to the video ref, there would still not be 100% evidence showing Foran got a hand to it, so it would still have been awarded a try. As I've said before, and I will keep saying until the morons in charge get it right, the Benefit Of The Doubt should only be in place for absolute 50/50 rulings. The Foran situation looked to me 10%:90% Try:No Try. The Maranta example on the weekend 90%:10% Try:No Try. No benefit of the doubt because it's not a 50/50. I seriously can't comprehend not only the stupidity of getting the BOD interpretation wrong in the first place, but then having the 'fix' for it just as flawed? Idiots. [/QUOTE]

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