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+1. Whether its right or wrong, someone needs to be the one who makes that call.
If you have a second ref, they're really only there to spot things and bring them to the attention of the game ref. Apart from anything else, its hard enough to watch one ref when youre playing, let alone two. Ive also continually said that if youre having a second ref to spot fouls from the other sideline, theres no reason not to give goal refs the same power for the ends. Theres no point having two refs in the middle if theres carnage at the goals. I actually think that if you use the goal refs, theres almost no need for a second ref.
Sure, consistent refs across different tourneys will take time and a central rule book, but working out how to be consistent across a single tourney is a realistic goal we still havent managed. Designated non-player refs, all of who attended a briefing at the start, has a lot to do with it, and it wasnt until we stopped doing that at the euros that the reffing really got contentious.