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REFEREES: GODS PLAYING THE FOOLS OR FOOLS PLAYING THE GODS?

Or, A Post Kind of Like The Last One, With Different Words

"The losers owe their loss to him and the winners triumph in spite of him. Scapegoat for every error, cause of every misfortune, the fans would have to invent him if he didn't already exist. The more they hate him, the more they need him."

- Eduardo Galeano, Soccer In Sun and Shadow

Referees lie at the center of the game's most cruel paradoxes.

Read the full article at Footsmoke.

Footsmoke @ May 22, 2009 11:15 AM EST | Blog Profile

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