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Just as there is a league table for football teams, so there could be a table for refs.
At the end of each game, the referee could be awarded a score, based on a similar system to the opta rankings and the average score over a season could translate into a league position.
The refs salary could
reflect their position in the table, and at the end of the season the top ref in each league could be promoted and the bottom ref relegated.
The premier league of referees would officiate in premier league matches and so on downwards.
Now the refs would have a lot riding on their performances and this should ensure a higher standard all round.
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Just like this. [MikeOliver, Apr 08 2005]
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Of course, those at the top would be referred to as 'extraordinary gentlemen.' |
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Surely refs need to be seen to be equally as good, otherwise it would provide us Watford supporters with a valid excuse for our teams rubbishness? |
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Sadly most refs currently are seen as being equally as bad! |
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There must be some sort of ranking system, because whenever England have a difficult game (i.e. somewhere where the fans have some sort of historical excuse to pick a fight), they wheel out that one that looks like the Mekon from the Dan Dare comics. |
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Hmmm... now that's a photoshop moment for sure... |
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//There must be some sort of ranking system, because whenever England have a difficult game (i.e. somewhere where the fans have some sort of historical excuse to pick a fight), they wheel out that one that looks like the Mekon from the Dan Dare comics// |
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Pierluigi Collina you mean? I've always thought he looked more like Death in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey. |
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I'm not sure I like this. I pretty much autobone any idea that leads to more statistics, but I felt this one deserved an intelligent discourse.
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[Mike], no one can argue that referees the world over make bad decisions, and wouldn't it be grand if we had a rating system to keep them in check? Well, we do. Leagues generally decide who does the best job and who does the worst, and assign them to matches and divisions accordingly. We all wish we could make those decisions, especially when our team suffers on bad reffing, but also when it doesn't.
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We can't, however, and we shouldn't. Why not? Although most sports (with the notable exception of boxing) are objective in nature, refereeing is quite subjective. We can analyze sp |
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