Date Posted:Tue, April 07 2009, 16:07:44 GMT-10 Author: Phillip Subject: Re: What a difference a week makes In reply to:
Greg Pfeiffer
's message, "What a difference a week makes" on Mon, April 06 2009, 21:29:00 GMT-10
>Last week..Raiders player holds down after a
>breakaway..penaly and gets put in the sin-bin.
>
>Week later..Cowboys player holds down after a
>breakwaway (and against the Raiders) and it is a
>penalty but no sin-bin, same referee as previous week.
>
>I wonder on the effects of being the senior ref v
>being the junior ref in the 2 referee situations. Does
>being the senior ref put more pressure on to show
>control of the match?
>
>Any thoughts or other examples?
I think the ref may have learnt that his decision the week before was harsh and therefore didnt want to make the same mistake twice. I think it has nothing to do with the Senior ref/ junior ref situation.