AUG 19
2019

YOUR WORDS HAVE RAMIFICATIONS

Your words have ramifications.  In England, a soccer referee was reportedly forced to quit the Premier League after he allegedly mocked a disabled man on Snapchat.

A chair umpire in a U.S. Open tennis match stepped down from his seat and offered encouragement to a player who was struggling. The umpire was later suspended.

A basketball referee was banned from a 10‑and‑under league after questioning an African American girl about blue ribbons woven into her hair, which was in braids.

In Virginia, a coach complained after a soccer referee told his 16‑year‑old players that they were the “biggest bunch of crybabies he had seen in years.”

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