Refereeing question

[SSB]

What I really dislike with this, and similar stories over the years, is the drip feed of stories.

Whoever has released this stuff has done what they intended, it needs to stop now.

Well he’s certainly found out quickly who his pals are, or in this case aren’t.

 

[Del Woppio]

He should be finished. He's supposed to be a 'role model'.

I know, my daughter's gutted, barely stopped crying. Her bedroom floor is just covered in shredded up David Coote posters

 

[Wolftone]

As for 'funding his habit' - you do know how much Premier League referees earn don't you?

Referees in the Premier League are paid between £73,191 and £147,258 per year and this is based on their experience and ranking. Officials also receive a match fee of £1,116 per game, or £837 if they're working as the video assistant referee.

 

[darlowolf64]

All these allegations probably answer my question, but I presume referees don’t get routinely drugs tested?

They will be now...

 

[YoungWolf]

What I really dislike with this, and similar stories over the years, is the drip feed of stories.

Whoever has released this stuff has done what they intended, it needs to stop now.

I don't like him as a ref, he's a poor official imo, but there's a human being behind the story.

Without being flippant, how many football fans last weekend took a line of coke and called an opposition manager/player a cunt? Yes, he's in a position where he shouldn't be doing these things, but the aim of the person releasing stuff has been done, it's time for it to stop.

Agree. This has quickly become a pile on. He’s done as a referee but I worry where this may end

 

[Langers]

Agree. This has quickly become a pile on. He’s done as a referee but I worry where this may end

Couldn't agree more.

 

[Tredman]

More coming this weekend too apparently.

 

[jd1981]

Needs to stop being made public now enough has come out to show he won’t work in football again.
He has to go on with his life after all of this though.
Yes he’s done some stupid stuff but let’s be honest he’s no physically hurt anyone.
Big problem with the cancel culture is that people want severe punishment that actually doesn’t match the offence.

 

[Alan]

I get the sense that cocaine is a very loaded topic there (for different reasons than here, I would guess), but I do think it needs to be said that there is a massive, massive difference between a “habit” and an addiction.

That’s not an excuse or defense for Coote, but you wouldn’t look at someone with lung cancer and say “well you smoked those cigarettes in your 20s and 30s so you deserve this”.

Get him out of the job and then get him some help.

 

[sycophantia]

I get the sense that cocaine is a very loaded topic there (for different reasons than here, I would guess), but I do think it needs to be said that there is a massive, massive difference between a “habit” and an addiction.

That’s not an excuse or defense for Coote, but you wouldn’t look at someone with lung cancer and say “well you smoked those cigarettes in your 20s and 30s so you deserve this”.

Get him out of the job and then get him some help.

I think you credit us with more sensitivity than we deserve, there are loads of folk over here that absolutely will say any long term smoker that gets lung cancer only have themselves to blame.

 

[Alan]

I think you credit us with more sensitivity than we deserve, there are loads of folk over here that absolutely will say any long term smoker that gets lung cancer only have themselves to blame.

Can’t believe I wasted my moment of optimism for the day

 

[Tony Towner]

I get the sense that cocaine is a very loaded topic there (for different reasons than here, I would guess), but I do think it needs to be said that there is a massive, massive difference between a “habit” and an addiction.

That’s not an excuse or defense for Coote, but you wouldn’t look at someone with lung cancer and say “well you smoked those cigarettes in your 20s and 30s so you deserve this”.

Get him out of the job and then get him some help.

Don't know what it's like in the US but Cocaine over here to those in their twenties is what weed was when I was that age. Illegal, but socially acceptable.

 

[Alan]

Well, that’s… not ideal.

 

[AndyWolves]

I believe the relative cost of car cocaine has reduced significantly over the last few decades.