Comments on: Brazilian Soccer Player Red Carded After Changing His Shorts http://www.theoffside.com/south-america/brazilian-soccer-player-red-carded-after-changing-his-shorts.html League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:57:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Al http://www.theoffside.com/south-america/brazilian-soccer-player-red-carded-after-changing-his-shorts.html/comment-page-1#comment-148326 Al Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:35:49 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/south-america/brazilian-soccer-player-red-carded-after-changing-his-shorts.html#comment-148326 That is a horrid decision. Had he tidy whities I could see but those boxers LOOK like shorts under his shorts so who gives a flying .... . Nao esta bem! That is a horrid decision. Had he tidy whities I could see but those boxers LOOK like shorts under his shorts so who gives a flying …. . Nao esta bem!

]]> By: 3m http://www.theoffside.com/south-america/brazilian-soccer-player-red-carded-after-changing-his-shorts.html/comment-page-1#comment-148300 3m Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:47:35 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/south-america/brazilian-soccer-player-red-carded-after-changing-his-shorts.html#comment-148300 common sense sometimes needs to get factored into rulings. a referee's authority on the pitch does not in practice extend to dominion over whether some guy can go and fix his clothing, especially when the reason is immodesty. are you going to tell me the ref wouldn't stop play if his shorts ripped? of course he would. it's like having to ask permission to go take a piss. this referee ought to be held to account; perhaps it wasn't a power trip, but it was a clear lack of individual thoughtfulness that the ref can easily write off as following the letter of the law. b.s. common sense sometimes needs to get factored into rulings. a referee’s authority on the pitch does not in practice extend to dominion over whether some guy can go and fix his clothing, especially when the reason is immodesty.

are you going to tell me the ref wouldn’t stop play if his shorts ripped? of course he would. it’s like having to ask permission to go take a piss.

this referee ought to be held to account; perhaps it wasn’t a power trip, but it was a clear lack of individual thoughtfulness that the ref can easily write off as following the letter of the law. b.s.

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