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David Coote: Former referee hid sexuality for fear of abuse - BBC Sport (www.bbc.co.uk)

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cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/21581633

Funny how this comes out just after another massive weekend of mistakes.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I don't think Coote will be in the public eye for the rest of his career, so the impact of coming out publicly is minimal, which is great for him. I hope he can go on to have a happy and healthy family.

But yeah, I do think that this coming out now, is beneficial for keeping the discussion away from yet another once in a lifetime decision against Arsenal. There's no way for either of us to know. But a disgraced referee getting an article that is then syndicated through mainstream media makes me at the very least sceptical, because I literally forgot about the guy until now.