Justylove
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There was a story doing the rounds about the whole sending off for swearing situation, where a ref was stood next to a player at kick off and blew his whistle, to which the player said "f**k me ref, that whistle is bloody loud!" closely followed by the referee producing a red card.
I agree with @ChasObserverRefDeveloper around the general language element, that's a problem but a different story, however as we all see on the TV there is clear OFFINABUS and dissent that goes unpunished. Start with that and go from there.
I think we're all complicit as referees. I recently sent a player off for OFFINABUS for screaming "you f***ing little c**t" in an opposing players face (twice). There was a referee at a higher level than me that as the offending player was already on a yellow card, it would have been an easier 'sell' to second yellow him for AA than go straight red and that would have protected my club marks. Manager of the offending players team asked me why i didn't second yellow as well and it undoubtedly impacted my club marks for the game.
Coming out of the game I feel like I won the battle but lost the war. It's not right, as letter of the law says I'm correct, but expectations and reactions said I'm wrong.
I agree with @ChasObserverRefDeveloper around the general language element, that's a problem but a different story, however as we all see on the TV there is clear OFFINABUS and dissent that goes unpunished. Start with that and go from there.
I think we're all complicit as referees. I recently sent a player off for OFFINABUS for screaming "you f***ing little c**t" in an opposing players face (twice). There was a referee at a higher level than me that as the offending player was already on a yellow card, it would have been an easier 'sell' to second yellow him for AA than go straight red and that would have protected my club marks. Manager of the offending players team asked me why i didn't second yellow as well and it undoubtedly impacted my club marks for the game.
Coming out of the game I feel like I won the battle but lost the war. It's not right, as letter of the law says I'm correct, but expectations and reactions said I'm wrong.