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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think anyone is a troll. It's ignorant and racist to pretend this bias doesn't exist sometimes. I think the refs have jumped in with some thoughtful comments.[/quote]

What bias?   What is pretending?   
Cite 1 example of a referee call influenced by bias.  Once 
You have then someone can refute it or agree with it.  Until then 
You are just pretending something exists or doesn’t exist.

Perhaps asserting people are ignorant and racist because they don’t agree with something unproven or even demonstrated is a bit of the pot calling a kettle something

So if someone doesn’t believe in Jesus or Santa does that mean they are ignorant and biased??!
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- I have watched a referee give a female coach a caution for slamming her clipboard on the bench while her male counterpart had been shouting and cursing most of the game and never got talked to
- I have many times watched referees ignore the female coach prematch and try to talk to a manager or assistant coach
- I have witnessed more than once referees calling a lot of calls against the mostly hispanic team and none against their opponent in a game which was equal in the fouls to call--I have also seen this go the other way where the hispanic team wore the halo and the mostly white team the horns.

There are biases out there. I have not personally witnessed a referee clearly show a bias against a black player but I would have to assume that is just my limited experience not that it doesn't happen sometimes. To assume there are no biased referees out there seems pretty naive. Referees, like everyone else, can be influenced by the halo and horns effect, whether that is caused by a player starting out with a nasty challenge in the first few minutes or caused by biases which already exist.[/quote]

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