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MLS coach sacked after sexist remark to female referee
https://www.bbc.com ^ | 23 September 2026 | Sam Drury

Posted on 09/23/2026 10:11:39 AM PDT by Enterprise

A statement from the referees' union added: "A male head coach committed two deliberate acts of physical abuse and sexism against a female official - squeezing her hand and refusing to let go after being told to stop three times.

"This physical intimidation was compounded by a demeaning, sexist remark to the official: 'Don't forget, this is a man's game.'

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


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The beast! He squeezed her hand and said that this is a man's game! Oh woe! Women are so delicate and fragile! How can anyone possibly consider behaving like this. Pardon me while I clutch my pearls and faint on the couch.
1 posted on 09/23/2026 10:11:40 AM PDT by Enterprise
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To: Enterprise

Should he have said this is a they/them game?


2 posted on 09/23/2026 10:13:45 AM PDT by albie
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To: Enterprise

Give that man the Zeke Mowatt Award!


3 posted on 09/23/2026 10:14:18 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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4 posted on 09/23/2026 10:14:52 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Enterprise

‘This is a man’s game.’

Soccer?


5 posted on 09/23/2026 10:15:10 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Enterprise

He should be fired for saying soccer is a man’s game. Only if your name is Maurice.


6 posted on 09/23/2026 10:15:40 AM PDT by bray (Thank God for Israel)
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To: Enterprise
a female official
7 posted on 09/23/2026 10:16:11 AM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: Enterprise

As an American, the idea that someone would call soccer a “man’s game” is so funny to me.


8 posted on 09/23/2026 10:16:32 AM PDT by Kleon
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'Don't forget, this is a man's game.'

Obviously he forgot the /s tag.

9 posted on 09/23/2026 10:18:23 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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'Don't forget, this is a man's game.'

Obviously he forgot the /s tag.

10 posted on 09/23/2026 10:18:25 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Enterprise

If he had decided to crunch her right hand, she should have pulled him in even closer, then used her left hand to punch him in the chops. Everyone would have had a good chuckle and the game would have went on as scheduled.


11 posted on 09/23/2026 10:25:00 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: ComputerGuy

Like a female pastor, president, elected official, or judge: just wrong.


12 posted on 09/23/2026 10:32:39 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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Did the action of MLS just prove “this is a man’s game!”

What happens when the next coach yells “You kick like a girl”? Obviously that is a compliment because girls are great at kicking.


13 posted on 09/23/2026 10:43:47 AM PDT by spintreebob
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At least he didn’t call her the new Talarico term: Uterus person.


14 posted on 09/23/2026 10:44:34 AM PDT by Kudsman (Killing and raping infidels, it's a cultural thing. )
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James Brown agrees! >wink<

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd1-HM234DE


15 posted on 09/23/2026 10:45:57 AM PDT by BB62
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LOL!

Reasonable question.


16 posted on 09/23/2026 10:46:14 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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LOL!

Reasonable question.


17 posted on 09/23/2026 10:46:17 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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He could have said something so outrageous that even the USSC couldn't intervene. He could have said that this is an under 15 boys game.

Great comments everyone. Thanks!

18 posted on 09/23/2026 10:47:07 AM PDT by Enterprise (The homeless don't want housing. They want fentanyl and meth. - Spencer Pratt.)
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To: Resolute Conservative

voter, juror, driver ...

😎


19 posted on 09/23/2026 10:49:00 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Enterprise

Words are one thing; but if a woman tells you to stop touching her three times and you don’t let go, you deserve the trouble you get.


20 posted on 09/23/2026 10:54:23 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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