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03-30-2017, 06:16 AM
Attacking a referee's small business on Facebook isn't cool, sports fans
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The internet and college sports: Two things **t exactly k**wn for inspiring measured, reasonable debate.
We've just seen what happens when they mix in a strange and toxic new way.*
SEE ALSO: These terrible photos might explain why Donald Trump rejected an offer to throw a first pitch (http://mashable.com/2017/03/28/trump-first-pitch/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
As background: People in Kentucky take college basketball very seriously. (Remember 2012? Remember #LexingtonPoliceScanner (http://mashable.com/2012/04/03/lexingtonpolicescanner-twitter-listens-reacts-to-kentucky-riots-pics/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)?) Thus, fans of the Kentucky Wildcats were **t happy when their team lost to **rth Carolina just short of the Final Four last weekend. They directed much of their ire toward referee John Higgins.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/03/29/kentucky-fans-ref-facebook-page/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), College Basketball (http://mashable.com/category/college-basketball/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Basketball (http://mashable.com/category/basketball/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), March Madness (http://mashable.com/category/march-madness/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Kentucky (http://mashable.com/category/kentucky/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/wkwfvGMCppE
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The internet and college sports: Two things **t exactly k**wn for inspiring measured, reasonable debate.
We've just seen what happens when they mix in a strange and toxic new way.*
SEE ALSO: These terrible photos might explain why Donald Trump rejected an offer to throw a first pitch (http://mashable.com/2017/03/28/trump-first-pitch/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
As background: People in Kentucky take college basketball very seriously. (Remember 2012? Remember #LexingtonPoliceScanner (http://mashable.com/2012/04/03/lexingtonpolicescanner-twitter-listens-reacts-to-kentucky-riots-pics/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)?) Thus, fans of the Kentucky Wildcats were **t happy when their team lost to **rth Carolina just short of the Final Four last weekend. They directed much of their ire toward referee John Higgins.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/03/29/kentucky-fans-ref-facebook-page/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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