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Not so much a law from the LOTG but the only thing I'd change is the text under 'Referees Match Fees' in handbooks![]()
Maybe Rugby refs get respect because they don't get paidIntroduce strict rugby style rules around dissent and respect on the pitch.
expenses only !!!!!!!Scrap the sock tape, ankle protector, under shorts rules !
Although with under shorts, if it is still blue under blue shorts for instance, I don't really care what shade of blue as long as it is not glaringly different. Else off they come.
that stupid rule about the pitch size....make it smaller, and ref from the side....with a deck chair....and a tea/beer (weather dependant) ... and a copy of the paper...

At that level, instantly as the 4th man will check and then mic to ref that player is okay to enter.Had an interesting point raised at my RA meeting with Mike Dean.
A player comes on as a sub and after the substitution procedure has been completed and the game has restarted he realises that he doesn't have any tape on his socks, so he goes to the touchline but stays on the pitch and starts to put it on, the 4th official tells him he has to step off the pitch to do it. All the time the ball is in play. When can he come back on?