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The Pac-10 should hire this referee, if not already employed
The Sports Culture — ... Despite how questionable you feel a referee is, The Guys Who Make The Calls always appear to be the sharpest and attentive workers on courts and fields — with the exclusion of the Pacific 10 Conference, the NBA and now, Belarus. ...

Drunk referee to be barred
101 Great Goals - latest football videos and international soccer goals from the Premier League, Champions League,La liga, Serie A, World Cup, UEFA Cup and more — ... The AP are reporting that “referee Sergei Shmolik was helped off the field with back pain while officiating a Belarus league match, but later was shown to be drunk… Shmolik was hardly moving by the end of the match, which ended in a 1-1 draw, officiating from the central circle by the end of the game… Shmolik got help after the match but later was taken to the hospital for a test, which showed high levels of alcohol in his system. The Belarus football federation said Shmolik’s case will be subject to a disciplinary committee.” ...

IF I WERE A SOCCER REF, I'D DRINK TOO
With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop — Here's Belarussian soccer referee Sergei Shmolik hard at work, much in the same way I'm hard at work right now. Referee Sergei Shmolik was helped off the field with back pain while officiating a Belarus league match, but later was shown to be drunk... Shmolik was hardly moving by the end of the match, which ended in a 1-1 draw, officiating from the central circle by the end of the game. It's also a passable impression of Vincent D'Onofrio's "Bug" character from Men in ...

This Is One Way to Make Soccer More Fun
The Sporting Blog — This soccer ref's back pain tends to really act up when he gets wasted: Yes, the official was so drunk that he had to be escorted off the pitch while working what appears to be a youth soccer match in Belarus: Referee Sergei Shmolik was helped off the field with back pain while officiating a Belarus league match, but later was shown to be drunk. Shmolik was hardly moving by the end of the match, which ended in a 1-1 draw, officiating from the central circle by the end of the game. Presball said Shmolik got help after the match but later was taken to the hospital for a ...

Drunk Referee Helped Off the Field
The Sports Girl — ... Referee Sergei Shmolik was helped off the field during a match in Minsk over the weekend. He complained of back pain but blood tests showed he was just really drunk. ...