side issue

But all of this is a side issue compared to what happened around Mourinho, who ended the game sat on a step in the stand behind the home dugout, passing instructions to his coaching staff as he tried to engineer a winner.

The one game Freeman — who has also battled a side issue amid his ankle sprain — missed this postseason was Game 4 of the NLDS, when he and the team decided at breakfast to give Freeman a day of rest after playing in the series’ first three contests.

Far from being a side issue, Trump's hostile attitudes towards women predict his approach to the law, the public, and the political system: Since he can't win fairly, he chooses force.

A side issue throughout the trial is what to do about Trump’s outside-of-court comments.

Now, that’s almost a side issue.