Quote: northernbloke "Have never claimed they are beyond criticism, in fact far from it. There are not many jobs out there where virtually everyone else out there assumes that they can do a better job than them, even though the majority have never tried it.
There are very few jobs out there where you have to make an instant call on what you have seen.
There are also very few jobs out there where every decision you make is then at and critiqued by an independent panel,
For the jobs out there like that, it’s impossible to get it right 100% of the time.
So like players yes mistakes will be made, but all they are doing is to apply the rules the best they can. I have still never seen a Refs break the rules of the game, but in every game you see players do it, sometimes it’s a mistake on there part in most cases it’s a deliberate act to influence the game eg win!'"
Players have to make split second decisions in a game also, but your examples all end with you accusing the players of cheating. By that token I could do likewise of the referee.
How can you say you've never seen a ref break the rules of the game when you've already established they have no rules?