This morning an interesting conversation came up regarding referee abuse and I clumsily tried to say that we should gather data in order to analyse what's happening and why. It's hard to articulate yourself in 270 characters. But I want the data so we can tackle it. I think we need to figure out if there's actually more abuse or if we're more sensitive? What type of abuse? When? Are referees better or worse? Etc. Abuse is never justified though and abusers should always be punished. #MastodonFC