Referees Should Not Even Know The Score.

Xenophile

Referees Should Not Even Know The Score.

In a high scoring game the referee spends too much time writing scores into his or her notebook when he or she should be more focused on the play and allowing quick puck or kick outs but most important of all to see what's happening on the pitch.

Scores should be kept by the umpires in conjunction with each other and confirmed to the fourth official.

Keeping referees away from scorekeeping will also make them less liable to accusations of prejudice and bias.

Dyr

But how will they draw it up for de replay?

Be a disaster

corny

Agreed, though i wouldn't trust umpires with the score. They'd **** it up as they do everything else.

Add timekeeping to the stuff the ref shouldn't have to worry about.

feargale

Have a third party keeping score and time.
And a leaf could be taken out of rugby's book: to avoid controversy let play continue after the full-time whistle until the ball goes out of play.

seligehgit

corny wrote: »

Agreed, though i wouldn't trust umpires with the score. They'd **** it up as they do everything else.

Add timekeeping to the stuff the ref shouldn't have to worry about.

Yes what is it about umpires?In general they are'nt very good at their jobs.Hear no evil,see no evil,talk no evil.They seem to only get the gig based on their friendship with the referees.I would have no faith in their ability to keep the score.
It really is a nonsense that we have the clock in Ladies GAA and are dependent on a poor referee to multi task same,score keeping,substitutions,keeping track of cards of varying colours and match officiating in the mens.
The GAA can well afford to designate county referees as match umpires,introduce the clock and introduce an official match scorekeeper who is in the ear of the referee.Congress I hear the democrats shout!

But heck what about the replays??:D

Skatedude

But how would a ref not know the score? he is watching the game

Dyr

Skatedude wrote: »

But how would a ref not know the score? he is watching the game

There was trial run of this and the outcome was encouraging

ProudDUB

Bambi wrote: »

But how will they draw it up for de replay?

Be a disaster

Just invite the Official Timekeeper into the Conspiracy Cabal too. How hard can it be, seeing as the refs are all in it? He can then choose to add on the additional 30 seconds, here and there, or not, willy nilly, as the prospect of a draw advances and recedes. Simples !

Realt Dearg Sec

ProudDUB wrote: »

Just invite the Official Timekeeper into the Conspiracy Cabal too. How hard can it be, seeing as the refs are all in it? He can then choose to add on the additional 30 seconds, here and there, or not, willy nilly, as the prospect of a draw advances and recedes. Simples !

Seriously what is the weird obsession of referees with playing the clock for a draw? Of course they'd say they never do it, but it's often utterly blatant. I've never understood why it makes any difference to the ref. I think it's more about some sense of fairness than any effort to increase revenues, but it's such an odd habit of the gaa.

ProudDUB

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

Seriously what is the weird obsession of referees with playing the clock for a draw? Of course they'd say they never do it, but it's often utterly blatant. I've never understood why it makes any difference to the ref. I think it's more about some sense of fairness than any effort to increase revenues, but it's such an odd habit of the gaa.

Because it is blatantly unfair to the team who has been the best team over the 70 minutes (plus legitimate injury time, added on) and who have scored more than their opposition, during that time frame. They should be awarded the win when the correct amount of time has elapsed.That's the whole point of playing a sport within a dedicated time frame.

Realt Dearg Sec

ProudDUB wrote: »

Because it is blatantly unfair to the team who has been the best team over the 70 minutes (plus legitimate injury time, added on) and who have scored more than their opposition, during that time frame. They should be awarded the win when the correct amount of time has elapsed.That's the whole point of playing a sport within a dedicated time frame.

Huh? How would playing the clock for a draw be fair to the team that has played the best over 70 minutes and scored the most?

ProudDUB

It's not. Hence peoples "obsession" with it. It's unfair to the better/winning team, who got their scores legitimately, within the specified time frame. Methinks we may be in agreement here?

Realt Dearg Sec

ProudDUB wrote: »

It's not. Hence peoples "obsession" with it. It's unfair to the better/winning team, who got their scores legitimately, within the specified time frame. Methinks we may be in agreement here?

I assumed we were in agreement. Sounded like you were taking issue with what I'd said but seemed to be agreeing at the same time.

Anyway, it's just an odd habit, seems to happen at every level as well