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Yesterday I attended an interesting sports match.

Posted by Loyola Oct 30 '23, 05:42

The referee signalled that there was to be 6 minutes of additional time to be played at the end of the match. This was subsequently announced on the tannoy system for all at the ground to hear.
With normal time having elapsed, one of the teams scored a goal. Then a fight broke out between 4 players and with only 1 minute of extra time having being played, the referee ended the game.
I was like wtf?
The person I attended the game with said the referee was right to end the game.
I said you can’t have a situation whereby players can by proxy through the referee arbitrarily end a game by instigating a fight. Lots of fights happen in games, and lots had happened in this game.
I felt the referee failed to act appropriately and he exceeded his authority not to play the additional time.
Am I right?

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According to the Laws of the Game, the duration of stoppage time is at the sole discretion of the referee. - znufrii, vice president Oct 30, 06:03 4
- That’s what I was afraid of. Then those rights need to be removed from him. - Loyola Oct 30, 06:24 3
  - with the game ending though he was likely worried shit would go downhill fast -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 30, 06:28 2
    - I agree; he was likely worried that that would be the case. My take is that his worries should not materially impact on the result of the game. -- nm - Loyola Oct 30, 06:36 1
      - My assumption would be that if he thought the team starting a fight was doing so to end the game, then he wouldn't end it. - Volnelk Oct 30, 06:47
Tough call without having seen the game, what lead up to the moment and how bad the fight was. The game could have been halted to calm everyone down - Krusty Oct 30, 05:53
I'd say it depends. My assumption is he ended the game early as he felt if they started play again it would devolve into a full-on brawl - Beaker 🍺 Oct 30, 05:53

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