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English football, a purpose-built hostile environment
Says enough really.
I didn't realise it is the same in grass roots cricket.
Have seen the comms getting aggro at track league & bmx events so shouldn't be surprised, although don't see it in the Running events I take part in, but have heard tales of pushy parents in kids athletics.
Competition, huh. What is it good for?
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https://amp.theguardian.com/football/blog/2022/jun/26/the-cultural-stigmatisation-of-referees-is-still-relevant-today
I persuaded my late father-in-law to take up umpiring after 40 years of cricket with Banbury. Cricket was such a big part of his life. After two seasons him saying that the game has changed so much that he didn’t recognise it anymore, not playing first team fixtures for more than a decade he probably didn’t know that the game had changed for the worst. The players and in particular the captains behaviour so unsporting during matches and aftermath of club reviews of umpires in the Cherwell league led to many of his generation to give up in 2010.
My point of posting is how can sport continue if we can not have respect for officials, instead blaming them for the outcome of matches. Trying to influence decisions on the pitch in the heat of the moment.