PinnerPaul
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Whilst I agree with you up to a point, referees alone cannot eradicate this problem. It needs an organised, uniform and coherent response led by us grassroots referees and PROPERLY backed up by the CFA's.
ALL referees need to deal with dissent/OFFINABUS/coach and spectator misconduct properly, even if that means five red cards a game. The CFA's then need to start backing up the referees by doing away with the pathetic personal hearing approach (the same process that concluded I had not been assaulted) and dishing out appropriate punishments instead of pandering to the clubs.
With a true zero tolerance approach, we could get our game back!
"pathetic personal hearing approach" - might have trouble dispensing "justice" fairly if you don't give accused chance to answer the charges against them - dispensing with a legal right isn't going to achieve anything IMHO.