ivotuk
Well-known member
IMHO, this can contribute to player injuries because in the space of a couple of days, they are demanding, not asking, players to completely change how they play the game, and change the technique that they've been using all of their lives!
Add to that, the Referees are all of a sudden making judgement calls on what is basically a NEW rule! Bullshit! Utter bullshit!
Emphasis is how a Referee can get around how the rules are written. If they're in a bad mood, and they attribute it to a local team, they can make unbalanced rule violation calls based on their judgement because 1 week is not enough time to REDEFINE a rule.
Rules are there to prevent one team of having an unfair advantage over another.
Emphasis on a rule is there for Referees to demonstrate how much power they have over the game.
There is absolutely NO legitimate reason for emphasis on a rule midseason. They'll try to say it's for safety reason, which is BS. How do the calls on Riq against the Browns make a game safer? They don't. Instead, they can get a player injured by forcing them to change their technique, and tell their body to do something different at full speed!
Add to that, the Referees are all of a sudden making judgement calls on what is basically a NEW rule! Bullshit! Utter bullshit!
Emphasis is how a Referee can get around how the rules are written. If they're in a bad mood, and they attribute it to a local team, they can make unbalanced rule violation calls based on their judgement because 1 week is not enough time to REDEFINE a rule.
Rules are there to prevent one team of having an unfair advantage over another.
Emphasis on a rule is there for Referees to demonstrate how much power they have over the game.
There is absolutely NO legitimate reason for emphasis on a rule midseason. They'll try to say it's for safety reason, which is BS. How do the calls on Riq against the Browns make a game safer? They don't. Instead, they can get a player injured by forcing them to change their technique, and tell their body to do something different at full speed!