# Why should factual criticism of officiating be fined?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [January 11, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-factual-criticism-of-officiating-be-fined/742840 "2016-01-11T19:04:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-factual-criticism-of-officiating-be-fined/742840/21 "2016-01-13T07:22:55Z")

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> [@Laggard](#):
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> This. Watching EPL I am so bothered by how players surrounded the center official after a controversial call. I mean you aren’t going to change the guys mind so just back off. I’d love to see the Premiership enforce a rule preventing this from happening.

100% agreed. It seems as if local federations or FIFA do nothing to protect their own officials. I see refs get constantly bullied, and nothing seems to happen to the players.

I also think part of the problem is there needs to be more than one referee on a soccer pitch.

I get the impression, which could be completely wrong, that referees are highly respected in Rugby. They don’t even call rules rules, they call them “laws”. Either way, I have yet to see players go apeshit on a referee. Cricket seems to be handled in a gentlemanly manner as well.

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