The glaring mistakes forced a rapid solution to the impasse between regular referees and team owners.

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But he sees the biggest inefficiencies in an area the team can't control: "Referees, " he says, noting that the varying styles--some refs are less likely than others to call three second violations, for example--throws some statistical analysis off track.

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Referees' union Prospect had called for Ferguson to be banned from stadiums during his team's matches following his criticism of Wiley's fitness.

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Some 20 referees, players and officials were reported involved in allegedly accepting money from club officials to guarantee the team's win.

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