Fair enough, he has a most important and very specialised job. In that case, why then insist that all Championship and PL games must go to SG referees? Could not some arrangement be put in place for non full time referees to take some of these appointments? Certainly Whitestone regularly puts in much better performances than some on SG2.
Some years ago a special arrangement was made for David Elleray to continue refereeing in the top flight while not being a full time official and retaining his profession in the fiels of education. I fail to see why similar bespoke arrangements cannot be made now to ensure that the best referees are used. As m'learned friend nemesis reminds us, it isn't that SG2 is so overflowing with talent that they are justified in shutting out better referees who would not go full time.