Matches with no official refs

[Cadenza]

What's the point of having matches with no official refs. It's too open to abuse / intimidation..

If there's not enough refs for lower divisions then they should just scrap the lower divisions, makes a mockery of having "fair" matches..

[Executive Member]

What's the point of having matches with no official refs. It's too open to abuse / intimidation..

If there's not enough refs for lower divisions then they should just scrap the lower divisions, makes a mockery of having "fair" matches..

You said it right there. The abuse/intimidation is why there is not enough refs.

[MegaBonus]

whats the ruling in the following situation....

its a first team game.....no ref turns up.....both teams agree for a unofficial to ref....game commences (team sheets are filled in (correctly ) and submitted to the unofficial ref.

for whatever reason and regardless of the score, a teams chooses not to continue...

outcome???

[Knight15]

whats the ruling in the following situation....

its a first team game.....no ref turns up.....both teams agree for a unofficial to ref....game commences (team sheets are filled in (correctly ) and submitted to the unofficial ref.

for whatever reason and regardless of the score, a teams chooses not to continue...

outcome???

I would suggest the team that decided not to continue would forfeit

[Knight15]

What's the point of having matches with no official refs. It's too open to abuse / intimidation..

If there's not enough refs for lower divisions then they should just scrap the lower divisions, makes a mockery of having "fair" matches..

At the end of the day, most of us play for fun. There are some teams who are known to have a home referee who cheats etc, however I can't remember any of the well known teams winning anything

We can get carried away with the official nature of everything, I'd rather play and lose, than not play due to there being no referee, even if one or two decisions are a bit biased

[Jogonalex]

whats the ruling in the following situation....

its a first team game.....no ref turns up.....both teams agree for a unofficial to ref....game commences (team sheets are filled in (correctly ) and submitted to the unofficial ref.

for whatever reason and regardless of the score, a teams chooses not to continue...

outcome???

I would suggest the team that decided not to continue would forfeit

I could be wrong (and happy to stand corrected) but I thought that technically a first team must have an official ref to start, no ref no game??? even if someone puts their hand up and both sides agree, no ref no game.

[bloodypassit]

If there is no senior ref ( A grade ) game is not to be played