Priest sent off for throwing shirt at referee

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by phatneff

What sending-off offense did he commit? The only thing I can think of would be this:

uses offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or gestures

But really, would you send him off for that??

ABSOLUTELY!!!!
Of course, I'm sure that you aren't surprised that I disagree with you.

There are certain actions which are clearly unacceptable on a field.
This act is analogous to a player who snatches a displayed card out of the referee's hand.

See this example from the FIFA U-20 WC in Canada:
Match record

http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matc...886/index.html

Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIiaXWq1KHY


MTD, don't worry about phatneff. You can't tell him anything. You can tell by his screen name that he has an overly high opinion of himself and already knows it all.