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Here's another argument that came up recently:

Player is at the table clearing the balls to win the game and draw the match 5-5. As he plays and pots his penultimate ball, the other player complains that his sleeve was all over another ball whilst playing the shot.

Player playing the shot is unaware of this (so couldn't own up), and the opposition ref was positioned on the other side of the table and couldn't see the alleged offence. The team at the table had in fact forgotten to put in their own ref so there was only one ref officiating the game (this was only realised at this point).

So:
1) Should the opposition ref have re-positioned herself so she could see the offence?
2) Should the playing team have been punished for forgetting to have a ref in place?

and crucially....

3) If the playing team had of had a ref in place, should they be calling fouls for their own team???

What do people think?