1. Blue player fouls Red Player. Blue player complaints are worthy of a dissent YC in my opinion . I start ushering the blue player to issue the YC and he shouts "That was never an f*****g foul ref....you f*****g pr***k!" at which point I change to a RC for abusive language. As there was very little gap between his statements I took it as directed at me, although he stated that it was aimed at the opposition player. I didn't rescind or change my decision because a) I still heard it as though is was directed at me and b) its still abusive language no matter who its directed at. Correct?
2. I'd be interest how other refs would deal with comments such as "you're doing this for a dare aren't you ref" or "you're clearly not qualified for this"? I warned the players in question but if anything this appeared to fan the flames. Worthy of a dissent yellow next time?
2. I'd be interest how other refs would deal with comments such as "you're doing this for a dare aren't you ref" or "you're clearly not qualified for this"? I warned the players in question but if anything this appeared to fan the flames. Worthy of a dissent yellow next time?