The issue is no other country with an ounce of couth

[Prairie Gates]

3. Whether it was a bad call is disputable

I like how the Overton window on this has moved so far - mainly just for Americans. It's now an article of faith that Balogun's red card was a "bullshit call." That then authorizes all manner of sins and grossness.

I like your post because it argues that the subsequent behavior is ridiculous even if we accept that it was a bad call, which I suppose is what one has to argue for those who take that as an article of faith.

But that's far from universally accepted. Of course, if we don't agree that it was a bad call to begin with, that makes the subsequent corruption and temper tantrums all the more embarrassing.