College football now being a business--though rather like Nantucket Nectars to the NFL's CocaCola--errant players and referees rightly come in for on-air criticism.
Soccer corruption scandals last year also tarnished leagues in Italy, Greece, Finland and Israel even though Union of European Football Associations, Europe's ruling body known as UEFA, spent millions investigating cases in which players and referees were allegedly bribed, and improving the monitoring of betting syndicates.
He needs to address the bigger picture with a sense of objectivity that speaks to his audiences: fans, players, and referees alike.
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It sacked or suspended over 150 Shia players, staff and referees, including six Al-Ahli footballers.
Gil repeatedly fell foul of football's governing bodies for his verbal attacks on players, coaches and referees.
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Ferguson also insists he will never allow his players to harangue referees and has called for more respect to be shown to officials.
Soccer in China has its origins in pre-revolutionary Shanghai, where players, coaches, and referees all bet on the game, and gambling poisons the sport post-revolution.
Youth players are mimicking what they see from parents and professional players who often fail to control their emotions and berate referees, said EJ Reyes, president of the Taylorsville Youth Soccer League, one of 46 clubs statewide affiliated with the Utah Youth Soccer Association.
Some 20 referees, players and officials were reported involved in allegedly accepting money from club officials to guarantee the team's win.
As long as no widespread corruption concerning numerous referees and players is uncovered, there is no reason to believe fans will turn off their television sets or stop buying tickets.
It said the money would be spent on a 10-year anti-corruption programme to educate players, as well as referees and officials.
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Then players, officials, coaches, referees and so many others will follow.
Some regulators think not, arguing that the City can be a sort of financial Wimbledon in which Britain provides the venue and referees but most of the players are foreign.
More than 50 people including two heads of the CFA, leaders from its regional branches, professional club owners, managers, coaches, referees, players, agents, sponsors and assorted middlemen were sent to prison, with the highest officials, including the head of the Referee's Committee, receiving over 10 years each.
The idea of a winter break is entrenched not just for the players but also for referees, media, league officials and fans.
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The United boss was upset following Saturday's 1-0 defeat by Hearts at Tannadice and said referees should be aware of Hearts players feigning injury.
However some in the game argue that if more was done to encourage players and managers at the top of the game to respect referees, officials at the grassroots would benefit.
The country's Sunday Times newspaper said 20 high-profile referees, as well as club officials and players across the First Division and the Premier League, had been implicated in the police report.
In football, he consistently insults referees, other football club chairmen and even the manager and players at his own club, Athletico Madrid, one of the biggest in Spain.
After 3 weeks of game-altering blown calls, on-field melees risking player safety, and mounting pressure from frustrated fans, players, media, and coaches alike, the NFL came to terms with the NFL Referees Association with a new 8-year labor contract.
The head of the Professional Game Match Officials, who organize England's referees, said they would be recording all communication between the referee and players in future.
However, given the public outcry recently from coaches, players and fans, it is likely that the greatest champions of this deal are not the referees or NFL owners, but third-parties.
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