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CiC is committee in charge. They’re responsible for among other things, appointing match officials, and issuing fines and suspensions.
The point I’m making here is that according to the rule book, CiC are within their power to launch an investigation into a match without an objection being made.
But it would be extraordinarily unusual for a CiC to invoke this authority without an objection being made, as do so would - intentionally or not - open up the potential for their investigation to be shrouded in bias. Whether you like to believe it or not, if they open an investigation, the act of doing so favours one team over another. No matter how just this is, it still taints things.
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What many people on here and on Twitter want is for CiC to intervene and set a replay, immediately. They cannot do this. There would have to be an investigation, and in all likelihood, this would take the form of a round table mediation session between senior officials from each club, to see if they can agree on an outcome, that is also within the rules of the association.
If CiC went nuclear and set a replay next week without consultation , it would be a DRA job, and KC would surely load their counter appeal with claims of bias.
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Now should Glen launch an official objection, the first step would almost certainly be the same as above; round table mediation.
The big difference here is that if clubs cannot agree on an outcome, then CiC would make a ruling. The club that loses out then takes this to a hearing. But crucially, KC’s angle for bias / bowing to media pressure is largely extinguished.
