Quote: Andy Gilder "Interesting that cricket gets brought into the discussion. Aren't an overwhelming majority of first class cricket umpires guys who have played the game to at least county level and can therefore have a bit of empathy with the players?
How many of the current crop of full-time match officials have played the game at pro or semi-pro level?
While I appreciate the physical demands of the sports are vastly different, could part of the issue that rugby and football have with match officials be that by having mandatory retirement ages they reduce the opportunities for ex-pros to progress through the ranks as match officials?'"
They don't become refs , because they know they couldn't do it any better than the people they criticise at the moment , instead they become coaches ( and complain about refs ) or pundits and Spend hours dissecting other players mistakes , just like Paul Cullen tonight , a joke that he gets paid for the absolute garbage he comes out with
