From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Fri Jan 14 00:50:22 2000 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) id AAA26896 for britdisc-outgoing; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 00:49:22 GMT Received: from snowdrop.csv.warwick.ac.uk (snowdrop [137.205.192.31]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA26870 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 00:49:18 GMT Received: from anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net (anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.90]) by snowdrop.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA05031 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 00:49:13 GMT Received: from phidelta.demon.co.uk ([158.152.248.177]) by anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 128uvO-0003X3-0W for britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 00:49:11 +0000 Message-ID: <zjAOQHADMmf4EwEw@phidelta.demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 23:42:59 +0000 To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk From: Wayne Retter <postmaster@phidelta.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: Wayne Retter <wayne@phidelta.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Refereeing References: <387E5370.798C0D87@york.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <387E5370.798C0D87@york.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Turnpike Integrated Version 4.02 S <pjZRgFWDsQK5ViyP$l4rxVrb6a> Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk jbc102 <jbc102@york.ac.uk> writes >I'd rather ref than watch!!!!!!!! One would rather hope that the ref would be watching :) There's another catch... the Ultimate officials would probably have to be experienced players / spectators (there are a couple!) to know what was going on and for the players to respect their calls. Would *you* feel confident in your call, if you were an Observer at UK Nationals (I personally hope that Observers should never be necessary anywhere, but it's always a possibility...), and a more experienced and well-known player from a higher profile team were to question *your* knowledge of the rules in comparison to their own? Obviously, there's is the possibility of training officials that have never played / spectated before. Right? If the sport has the money, BEFORE the media and sponsorship deals roll in... Seems to me that the Goaltimate guy is taking big risks. He's winning at the moment, but still dealing with a fickle business... Wayne PS: Glad to see the old Wagstaff trick still works - mention Colin and a mostly sensible conversation about anything else breaks out! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Wayne Retter at home: 01737-242109 wayne@phidelta.demon.co.uk mobile: 07970-903420 at work: 01737-273611 wayne_retter@watsonwyatt.co.uk