The game's not over till the ref blows the whistle.

裁判吹响哨子，比赛才算结束。

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But I'm not the ref.

但是我不是裁判。

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Modern athletes, fuelled by colossal rewards, can easily be tempted into misbehaviour. They end up playing the system not the game, by duping the ref into making wrong but favourable decisions.

在重奖的刺激下，现代运动员很容易误入歧途，他们欺骗裁判做出错误但有利于本方的判罚，这是在钻空子，而不是在比赛。

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"It's all about providing content or distribution coming back to HDNet, " enthuses Cuban, better known these days as the hotheaded ref-baiting owner of the polyglot Dallas Mavericks basketball team.

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Ref Jones - on the say-so of his touch judge - ruled that Chris O'Young had put his foot out of play a split-second before Thom Evans squeezed in.

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Topping it off: One-time golden boy Jerry Seinfeld is back with The Marriage Ref, an unscripted series where sort-of-famous folks serve as marriage counselors, though as of now, Seinfeld has no plans to appear on the show.

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