RateTheRef

Ah right, so to be a SG2 referee its about your availability to commit to full time and not the fact that they are good at what they do??

I am sure that the powers that be look at every aspect of what they can offer as a referee. Like in any other job, you have to be the best candidate and you have to be the one that firstly, have the ability, then what do you bring to the company in a positive way and then your availability will be lower down.

There will always be a standings in order of who is the strongest to weakest referee on any list. Everyone can't be top of the merit table. Doesn't mean the person in last place is a bad referee.

There are a number of referees - Charles Breakspear to name one and Dean Whitestone for a while - who regularly officiated in the Championship before SG2 was formed, but who didn't take up positions in the new group to start with. It was widely reported by those with knowledge of such things that Dean's job with The Met prevented him taking up SG2 at that time.

I can't speak for Breakspear, but to go from regular Championship appointments to not joining SG2 suggests (which doesn't mean for definite, in case you're wondering) that he was unable or unwilling to move to full-time status. He's also a damned sight better referee than the likes of Ward and Simpson, as well, in my opinion.

All these points have been debated on here long before you joined us and points have been made from people with more insider knowledge than the rest of us.

The majority of your post is irrelevant to the point being made, to be honest.