It's not a case of 3 getting dropped, there are only 6 elite games each week so having 9 elite refs available means competition for games and gives them some redundancy when they have injuries etc. They were down to 5 available elite level refs a couple of rounds last year so they needed an increase from the 6.
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Call it being dropped call it having competition for games, there are 6 elite games a weekend ergo 3 elite refs will not get a sl game. And if you only have 6 full time refs like last year 1 gets injured then you have no redundancy and end up having to use lower tier less well prepared refs.
If guys are not performing to expected standard they may well end up doing champ games but that would mean grade 1 ref getting lesser games which then becomes counter productive. Ideally the sport should have full time officials that could cover all pro games but evening we had that experience and ability would differ depending on the individual
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