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Mic’d-Up XFL Refs Hilariously Called a Penalty on a Player for Squirting Water at One of Them

You can’t do this to a ref!

Andy Nesbitt

Mic’d-Up XFL Refs Hilariously Called a Penalty on a Player for Squirting Water at One of Them
Mic’d-Up XFL Refs Hilariously Called a Penalty on a Player for Squirting Water at One of Them /

The XFL, in case you forgot, is a football thing that continues to be a football thing. And one of the best parts about this football thing continues to be the mic’d up refs.

We had another example of this on Monday night when the refs tried to figure out a very important call during the Houston Roughnecks-DC Defenders game. 

Here’s what happened: A Houston player on the sideline squirted some water at one of the officials, which was just an incredible move. That official obviously didn’t like that one bit and had a brief conversation with the head referee, who made the call after being surprised to hear what happened.  

This is great: 

Just tremendous stuff. Keep being you, XFL. 

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Andy Nesbitt
ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.

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