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Originally Posted by Warrenkicker
Baseball is the only professional sport I know of to add officials for the play-off games. I know some states will add officials for football in high school I still am not convinced that is a good idea.
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What's sometimes called semi-professional (but these days really is amateur, so I prefer the term "minor league") football also frequently adds officials for playoffs.
Rugby's the game that obviously needs more officials. What they've done in recent years is upgrade some of the touch judges, adjusting their jurisdiction depending on whether they're experienced as refs and whether the level of competition calls for it (approximately equivalent to adding officials in playoff games). In just ordinary games the touch judges are supplied by each team, but these upgraded touch judges are neutral ones supplied like refs. If they had enough personnel they could add a goal judge behind each post instead of making the touch judges shuttle, but that's a low priority. They really need another in-field official to help with so many situations.
Robert