Hang on, I doubt there's any evidence of "a lot of people" doing any such thing. YOU may do but that's just you.

I think it's a great feature, and would suggest it's more a question of the sound engineers getting the sound balance right, so it's at a level where you can make it out if you want to, but ignore it if you're not interested.

I'd agree they sometimes get the sound too loud, this often depends on which ref it is, but these are minor details.

I reckon it adds a great deal to my enjoyment because you can tell when a player is, for example, at risk of a pen for holding down, and it's great to hear the ref explaining decisions ("shoulder"; "went backwards" etc). Most of the time the commentators are talking over it anyway.

It's not as if you can't hear a lot of the "move" shouts if you're at the actual match, anyway!

You are joking????

You can hear a pin drop at Odsal.

I can only go by what people at work who watch live Sky games and people in the Pub/Club who watch the live games say?

Well plenty of people bought the radio's that broadcast the referee during the Magic Weekend (including me) and IMO it really adds to the coverage and adds an interesting angle to the game.

Exactly. That's why I want one for all games.