The Referees or The Twelfth Man

Do referees get tested for drugs, such as cocaine or steroids…???

This is a serious and genuine concern of mine re these present day referees and their second, third, fourth and however many other officials, they have in their contingent…
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Leaving the shaved heads out of this equation for the moment, has anybody else noticed the Marvel Comic psyched up, ‘no neck’ muscle numbered physiques, these officials are producing recently…???
Thinking back to the strange, unexpected, and probably out of character behaviour of the guy that elbowed Robbo…


Or that second half, seemingly. ‘lost the plot’ performance of Hooper, last Saturday, was erratic and what could be, paranoia pressure induced, for want of a better description… A chalk and cheese, black and white turnaround between the first and second half… Or maybe I am looking for reasons that go beyond a reasonable diagnosis…??
Guess the best way to establish if these muscle bound meathead marching army recruits, whose single aim is to fuck-up the football world for its fans, would be to announce a drug testing drive on officials at the weekend…!
Makes me wonder how many would actually turn up for work.!

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