Rumour has it that assistant referees will only be sent for Pakenham Cup matches involving TWO premier teams and that the reason is that the majority of the Div 1 teams won't pay the extra $25. For the opportunity to reduce the risk of a Pak match being decided on a blown off-side decision (lets face it...an offside decision closer then 3 yards is going to be wrong about 40% of the time with a single ref), not to mention more throw-in, goal kick/corner kick and foul decisions right, $25 seems worth it. In the first round there are six Div 1 vs Prem matches including: Port Moody (Div 1) vs Chilliwack (Prem) and ND Lions (prem) vs ACBC (Div 1) which would be very fast matches for even the best referees to handle alone. It would be interesting to hear some opinions from around the FV.....