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They did a trial/test of mic'ing a football referee up in the UK in 1989.

Ref David Elleray famously took part in the experiment in a match between Arsenal and Millwall but the Arsenal players were apparently not told he was mic'd up. It led to massive controversy as one of the Arsenal players alleged the ref was a cheat in one of his decisions and caught all the foul language during the game.

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Some might say that if football ref's are mic'd up for the duration of a match it will stop the swearing which is a problem in both the men's and women's games.

In rugby ref's have worn mic's for ages as you can get a match day radio and listen to the decisions in real time in the stadium.

If they turn the ref's mic on for VAR decisions its definitely a step in the right direction as some of the decisions take an age, leaving the crowd and viewers a little frustrated.

It's been trialled in Australia too...

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