Sunday, August 16, 2009

Duty to Disclose?


Does good sportsmanship require that you inform the referee when he gets a critical call wrong that works in your favor?

Crystal Palace's Neil Warnock thinks so.

In the 34th minute of the Saturday match with Bristol City, Palace striker Freddie Sears shot the ball into the net, but the refs totally (and completely inexplicably) missed it!

Just based on the body language of the players directly after the score, I don't really understand how the refs could botch the call . . . but they did.

Interestingly, Warnock seemed more angry at his opposing number for failing to fess up than at the four officials . . .

Watch here.