On Jan 24,  5:04pm, "Lt. Matt Jonson" wrote:
} Subject: Re: BAD-PENALTIES
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} 	The BIG problem with 2-ref is that both have equal authority, and
} thus can be involved in indecisions (one says play on, one whistles a foul),
} whose territory is whose problems, etc.
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} The bottom line is that the official is a human too, entrusted with a great
} weight of responsibility.  I'll bet the person who felt the absolute worst
} on the night the injury that sparked this thread happened was
} the referee, because the safety of that player had been entrusted to him.
}
}-- End of excerpt from "Lt. Matt Jonson"
 
 
Agreed that ref's are human . . . isn't that why maybe 2 pairs of eyes
are better than 1 pair?  How about football when 6 (or is that 7) can
call penalties??  There is 1 in charge.
 
So do it the same in hockey . . . 1 head ref, another ref, and 1
linesman.  The head ref had the final call . . . but both can call
penatlies.
 
It may not be perfect, but . . .
 
 
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