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[quote=Anonymous]Just because certain words are offensive to you, doesn't me that a referee should give a card to a coach or a kid for saying them....but the referee has a alot of leeway to give cards here. The overarching law is Unsporting Behavior. A referee can give a yellow card to any player or coach for unsporting behavior and it's up to that particular referee to determine what's unsporting and what isn't. Dissent by word or action is specifically stated as a reason for a yellow card. So this doesn't even have to be foul language. But the biggest one is Offensive, Insulting, or Abusive Language. This is a straight red. Again, it's up to the referee to determine what is  offensive, insulting, and/or abusive language. So every referee is different and context is important. I don't believe "bad words" fit this. However, context is everything. If a kid goes down with an injury and says..."my F---ing knee." That's not an issue for me. However, if I call a foul and he loudly says "what the F--- ref". That's a yellow for dissent. If he call me a f----ing a-hole. That's a straight red. If a coach is dropping F bombs at U11 game. I'm having a chat with him after I hear the first. The 2nd one I'm give a yellow for USB. But in summary, I guess it all depends. What's insulting language for one ref might not be insulting for another.[/quote]

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