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The worst job in sport? It has to be the referee
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In football, every decision is forensically examined which weakens the power of the referee.
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Plato believed in the idea of the scholar-athlete. Albert Camus, recipient of literature’s Nobel Prize, was devoted to football. Buzz Aldrin, the astronaut, was a pole vaulter. Rocker Mick Jagger was in India to watch cricket’s World Cup. Sport connects us all, whether it’s the Liverpool shirt-wearing shopkeeper or your great-aunt who did the hurdles, and mostly we disagree about everything except this.
Which misguided person wants to be a referee?
