I agree with Rogorn's initial analysis. The problem I envisage with using additional referees is quite simple: more officials=more disagreements between those officials. Interview several people who have witnessed a crime and you will get several different opinions as to what happened. Ask several referees whether the ball has crossed the line and you'll get several different opinions. All of which can only cause further delays and risk heightening friction between players and officials.
However, where I disagree with him is with his suggestion that introducing technology would benefit the game. Why can't we, as we have done for over a hundred years now, just accept that human error is part of the game. At the end of the day it's just a sport played by fallible human beings, officiated by fallible human beings. I know some people argue that it's now 'big business', but so what. Just because the game is awash with money does not mean that its inate simplicty and fluency - which lies at the very core of its appeal, and which sets it apart from the likes of Rugby and NFL - should in any way be jeopardised.
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