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Stop blaming the Premier League!!

It’s getting boring now. It has been for a while. If there was one thing I could guarantee when I went to deliver presentations to any group of referees across the country it would be a question at the end of “Why do you let players speak to you like s**t and let them get away with it?” I will address this question later on, not for the last time in my life I’m sure, however first I want to dispel this myth that Match of the Day (MOTD for easier purposes) has caused the increase of abuse in grassroots football. At no stage will I state that what is seen on TV has zero influence at all, nor am I going to say that what happens in the PL is perfect, however the ease of which people shift the blame from themselves and from society to the 110x70 bit of grass they see on TV is getting rather monotonous.  As a kid I soaked up every bit of football I could on TV. Games were not only shown on pay per view channels, they were often on BBC and ITV as well. I also vividly remember watching my belo