For years, referees have been treated as second class citizens by the vast majority of the sporting populace. They are spat on, have dirt kicked all over their clean shoes, they face derision from the fans, coaches and media, not to mention they only time they are ever recognized in their job is when they screw something up or inadvertently hurt themselves.
Look at this cat, even fellow refs are giving refs a bad name:
If you haven’t noticed, the referees are flat out tired of being disrespected and they’ve begun to strike back this football season. Here are the first salvos in what could prove to be an all-out war between the athlete and they few men and women that have
Kenneth Darby takes forearm shiver from ref:
The now infamous referre hit on South Carolina’s Stephen Garcia:
Naples QB Gets Jacked Up
Ref Targets High School Kid
Tennessee Ref Takedown
Ref in the Detroit / Carolina game takes out two players:
and finally, the ultimate referee retaliation:
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