Should referees be allowed to use guns

Ombudsam · October 1, 2006

With the lack of respect for officials from players at an all time low is it now time that we should restore the power of the referee. If a player knew that shouting at an official meant that he could be shot in the head then he would surely think twice before questioning the referee's judgement.

Of course there would be an outcry when the first player was killed for debating being called offside and the chattering classes would have a field day discussing the rights and wrongs of murdering someone who put their arm up claiming a throw in when they knew they were the one kicked it out, however that would pretty much die down when everyone realised that games were much cleaner.

My only concern about this idea is the practicality of it. Most guns only have 6 chambers and once the first 6 players had been killed (maybe less than six as the referee may just fire the bullets at a players feet in a "Dance for me boy" kind of way) then the remaining players would know that they were in the clear to continue abusing the spirit of the beautiful game. Maybe the ref should be allowed to carry a holster but this creates the problem of maybe having too much firepower and the ref possibly becoming blase with his weaponary knowing that he had more to spare. Either way it's time to discuss this in an adult fashion.

nvdm · October 1, 2006

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