User blog comment:Zolnir/Flaw in Tournament Setup/@comment-186.45.110.231-20160317140329

Question: Is a referee really nesscary?.Before you dismiss my opinion as stupid.Hear me out please.

The purpose of a Referee is,as you said,to prevent rule breaking and injuries.The thing is.The tourament is pretty much anything goes.The only rules that can be broken in this case is coming back after ring out and attacking a downed opponent.But breaking those rules would serve no point since not only would the ruler breaking would be punished immedialy.but will aslo be pubilcly shamed.The effect of those actions is enough to prevent people from doing them in ths case.

The second point is injury.You argued eariler that thats it possible that  a student could have the power to breakthough Arua but considering the only one person has been able to do that is a adult.I think it  safe to assume that it not possible.Keep it mind that Adam's moonslice mostly like wasn't as powerful when he the age of the RWBY cast.Even Full blown maiden Cinder wasn't able to take out Prryha's Arua in one go.

The incidents that happen in the tourament were due to very specfic  events  no one could forsee .Designed by a third party.All a referee would do normally is stand there and possibly get in the way of the fighting.I think its understand why they dont have one.

Hope my points were clear.