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Ben Rathe

@benrathe

Comms for @tiktok_us. Former Press Sec to @joswinson & @nickclegg press officer. Evertonian. Colts fan. Actor. Referee. 'Joyful cynicist' - My own colleagues...

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calendar_today17-05-2009 21:58:48

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This is also the term Americans use to describe themselves holding two drinks.

People casually asking you in a bar ‘Hey, why are you double fisting?’ takes *alot* of getting used to.

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Richard Masters, with a straight face, said he wanted to be ‘open and transparent’ about sanctions, then revealed a date has been set for Man City’s hearing, but he can’t tell anyone when it is.

Clown.

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Richard Masters on PRS rules: 'If clubs don't comply with those rules, the other clubs expect us to take action.'

Remind me again what the punishment was for the six clubs that tried to join an unsanctioned European Super League two years ago?

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Regardless of your views on FFP, points deductions, accounting periods or rule-breaking, the Chief Executive of the Premier League simply shouldn’t be referring to any club as “small”.

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The Chief Exec of the Premier League talking about any of this from a mindset of small clubs and big clubs tells you everything you need to know.

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This is your annual reminder that is a marketing term conjured up to encourage people to book holidays. It's not a problem to feel depressed, anxious, stressed or lonely for the rest of the year too, or to talk about mental health, and this is the hill I will die on.

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It wasn’t a terrible call. The RB was *wide open* for the first down, and had a shot at the end zone. It was *appalling* execution, but that doesn’t make it a bad call.

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The most incredible thing about that red card is that the referee made the correct decision, and then was convinced into making the incorrect decision by a process & technology designed to help them make more correct decisions.

What are they doing?

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The weird thing about this behaviour in general is that all those people will be able to go home and watch a much higher quality video of it on YouTube.

See also: Filming Disney fireworks.

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This is honestly the dumbest take. Teams run trick plays, misdirection etc *all the time*. It is the job of the referees to work through that and know what’s going on. Don’t let them off the hook with this nonsense.

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Decker needs prompting by Goff because Taylor Decker is a not a psychic and doesn’t know the play call until Goff tells him it.

Skipper is running in because he wants to make it look to the D like he’s reporting.

Please stop finding excuses for terrible refs.

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