
David Coote’s career, certainly at any significant level, is obviously over. He wasn’t a particularly good referee but it looks like he needs help. And some new friends. This is a personal and professional humiliation for him and also deeply damaging for the refereeing community. Refs are going to have their decisions questioned even more. PGMOL has a major task on its hands to restore faith in officials. It’s not a great generation of refs but it’s worth remembering that there’s never been more simulation and scrutiny and they are human beings.
















