Tackled players pops ball to an opponent.

[Taff]

Good luck with selling that to the captain.

But the hard fact is that YOU'RE the referee and it's you're call. You don't have to "sell" anything to anyone. It would be nice if you could, but at the end of the day the captain has to buy it.

 

[Pegleg]

Surely what we think is right is what we think looks right?

Sadly no. sometime what look wrong or right is actually the opposite. We strive for right not wrong.

 

[Pegleg]

But the hard fact is that YOU'RE the referee and it's you're call. You don't have to "sell" anything to anyone. It would be nice if you could, but at the end of the day the captain has to buy it.

Exactly. Look at the "urban myth" thread. We don't ping a player because "he's got to let him up". We make the right call. We explain our call. But if the players or any others don't buy it. That can't be our problem. You're correct Taff it is your call as a referee. Explain WHY and move on. They're not bound to agree (buy) your call but they're required to accept it and play on. It's not their call.

 

[Ian_Cook]

But the hard fact is that YOU'RE the referee and it's you're call. You don't have to "sell" anything to anyone. It would be nice if you could, but at the end of the day the captain has to buy it.

Perhaps. but you are STILL going to have to sell it to your assessor (and I would not buy it at all).

 

[OB..]

Surely what we think is right is what we think looks right?

No. Some things are counter-intuitive (at least to some people).

There were calls for an offside line at the tackle, because it "looks the same as a ruck", so it was tried, and almost immediately proved to be the disaster some of us predicted, so it was dropped.

 

[ChrisR]

Ian, thanx for "Chopperesque". I have a feeling it will come in handy.