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<blockquote data-quote="Reiser99" data-source="post: 1114419" data-attributes="member: 72977"><p>It's incredibly hard for any official to be completely neutral when having links to a club or country. I always found it strange in cricket that the umpires were from the teams competing (I know during covid it changed, but maybe during non-covid times it had changed?). People will always question 50/50 decisions and it even plays on your mind. Are you tougher on the team you are connected with to make it look like you're not showing positive bias, well then there is already negative bias there.</p><p></p><p>Dickson having played for Quins and especially some of the players means for me he shouldn't be anywhere near the games. No matter how he performs there will always be a question mark above him. Just take it out of the equation.</p><p></p><p>As for the verbal abuse, for me personally I imagine Dickson and most refs tune a lot of it out. They have so much to think about and focus on that they can't listen fully to all the banter and nonsense the players say. The issue with Heenan is he seems to suggest Dickson did hear and the way he looked and then looked away suggests he did hear. However, none of that can be proven.</p><p></p><p>On abuse for Dickson...well that's just pathetic and unacceptable no matter the context or sport or even outside of sport. However, in this wonderful age of digital anonymity it's hardly surprising and unlikely to change anytime soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Reiser99, post: 1114419, member: 72977"] It's incredibly hard for any official to be completely neutral when having links to a club or country. I always found it strange in cricket that the umpires were from the teams competing (I know during covid it changed, but maybe during non-covid times it had changed?). People will always question 50/50 decisions and it even plays on your mind. Are you tougher on the team you are connected with to make it look like you're not showing positive bias, well then there is already negative bias there. Dickson having played for Quins and especially some of the players means for me he shouldn't be anywhere near the games. No matter how he performs there will always be a question mark above him. Just take it out of the equation. As for the verbal abuse, for me personally I imagine Dickson and most refs tune a lot of it out. They have so much to think about and focus on that they can't listen fully to all the banter and nonsense the players say. The issue with Heenan is he seems to suggest Dickson did hear and the way he looked and then looked away suggests he did hear. However, none of that can be proven. On abuse for Dickson...well that's just pathetic and unacceptable no matter the context or sport or even outside of sport. However, in this wonderful age of digital anonymity it's hardly surprising and unlikely to change anytime soon. [/QUOTE]
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