LeeF

I’m sure that they will know the cost as they will have read & understood the contract in full before agreeing to it (or not as is likely to be the case)

And the contract with Rothschild that cost £750k was agreed by the SL clubs

Unfortunately when one of these “pick ups” goes wrong and there is a player with a serious injury those on here stating that you shouldn’t penalise/ ban players for this action will be the first complaining about the RFL’s duty of care

Full details of Horne’s hearing https://www.rugby-league.com/governance/rules-and-regulations/disciplinary/disciplinary-case?case=19252 Whilst it probably won’t change anyone’s opinion it does reference previous cases and the fact that players have been told, on more than one occasion, not to do what he did. You can take your view on Horne’s defence of “he smiled at me”

There’s a post earlier in the thread that gives you some indication of what was happening. If you think any of that aided and abetted creating better referees and that the culture was correct then I think you are mistaken

And that ignores the second & third tier match officials who left during the same time period

Yes but I’m not sharing them on here for reasons that I’m sure you understand but if you consider how a workplace should operate then it was completely the opposite.

6 games is not excessive for what Horne did based on bans for players who were charged with the same offence so far this season

There wasn’t a “little” conflict. There was lots and the overall culture was toxic to say the least.

Investors could have cleared the HMRC debt

It’s what the Salford fans demanded of some players. They have got very upset at some players recently who have put themselves and their families first

No you don’t. You should stay and show #Loyalty as that is what really matters according to some

The attributes you describe in the first paragraph are exactly the ones that should exclude him from being in charge of managing and coaching people yet that’s what happened

The RFL has a history of making very poor appointments. This was up there as one of the worse

The touch judges do sometimes line up with the defensive line especially if play is on the other side of the field. The one nearest the PTB stays in line to watch for the first pass from the ruck; hands in etc. The other feeds back on the offsides to the ref. There’s a lot of logic and hard work involved to assist the referee