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Instead of trying to referee the legal arguments, let’s consider a few big-picture career lessons we can all take away from this case.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

He appeared distraught as the result was confirmed but said "whatever the referee says goes".

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

Imagine an NFL referee walking onto the field with two minutes left in the game to announce that the end zone has moved 10 yards downfield, effective immediately.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

He unleashed his right hand in the second round, with the final shot sending Albanian Prenga crashing down and forcing the referee to halt the contest.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

He looked up, and the referee was standing over him, wagging a finger, ". . . two . . . three . . ." The bell rang.

From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte

The suggestion that referees are in on some kind of masterplan to make sure Messi gets to the final is just not true, obviously.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

But Lopez added: "If you're going to sweat and break your back on the pitch to become champions twice, I accept that. If referees are going to help you, I don't."

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

That goes for the coaches, team staff and referees, along with players, he added.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

Separately, at least 23 states have passed legislation or resolutions to protect referees, according to the officials organization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

They changed the referees every four hours after the first eight so that the referees could sleep.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway

If you change the way a game is being refereed, you must adapt video review too.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

Crane has refereed 17 races in 12 countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025

"One of the best tournaments I refereed in was a prison officer tournament and we had no offside... and we had so many goals it was unbelievable," he said.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025

The parliamentarian’s office is a little-known nonpartisan office that has refereed Byrd rule disputes since the 1980s.

From Slate ● May 29, 2025

“When’s he ever refereed a Quidditch match? He’s not going to be fair if we might overtake Slytherin.”

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

Uefa said that at its recent meeting that refereeing bosses agreed a return to those original aims is needed.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Social media has been flooded with posts from users in Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador and Peru questioning refereeing decisions or expressing disapproval of Argentina, while messages mocking rival teams also proliferated from Argentine accounts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

The regulations also ruled Taylor out of refereeing the 2022 World Cup final between Argentina and France.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

“There will always be an element of subjectivity in some decisions,” the organization’s head of refereeing Pierluigi Collina said, “but we are happy with how this principle has been applied throughout the tournament.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

When Judge Joseph Wapner, most famous for being the judge on The People’s Court television show, ended up refereeing the depositions, Moore figured no one would take the case seriously.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot