The referee, David Coote, has a Refspect Dxtl T -shirt before the Premier League match between Brighton and Hove Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers in the American Express Community Stadium on April 29, 2023 in Brighton, England. (Photo of Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images)
Former Premier League, David Coote, was recently sacked by PGMOL for shocking behavior trapped in the camera, and now the reason behind it has arisen.
A Video of the old officer He was widely circulated on social media, where he used a lack of mouth language to describe Liverpool’s manager at that time, Jurgen Klopp.
If this wasn’t bad enough for your career, another video was published It seemed to show him cocaineAnd it was alleged that it was during the European Championship.
David Coote goes out as gay
It was clear that his career has ended from that moment, although his businessmen PGMOL (Professional Game Match Office Limited) needed to go through a due process to ensure that everything was done correctly.
Now the reasons for their incredibly harmful behavior have been explained by the man himself.
In an exclusive interview with The sun The newspaper, Coote, said that hiding his sexuality – he has come out as gay – had everything to do.
“I felt a deep feeling of shame during my teens in particular,” he said.
“I didn’t go out to my parents until I was 21. I didn’t go out to my friends until I was 25 years old.
“My sexuality is not the only reason that led me to be in this position. But I am not telling an authentic story if I do not say that I am gay and that I have had real struggles that are hiding.
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“I hid my emotions as a young person and hid my sexuality, a good quality as a referee, but a terrible quality as a human being.
“And this has led me to a whole course of behavior.
“I have had trouble around my self -esteem, and this is related to my sexuality. I am gay and I have struggled to feel -proud to be” I “for a long period of time.
“I have received a deeply unpleasant abuse during my career as a refusal and to add my sexuality to this would have been really difficult.
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“There is a lot to do throughout football and more widely in society in terms of discrimination.
“I did not want to be that person who put his head above the parapet to be fired, given the abuse we all obtain as a referee in any case.”
Although society in general seems to be much more tolerant in terms of sexuality sexuality these days, football as a sport seems to be far behind in this regard, as Coote says.
The fact that in this day and time is still news headlines when someone inside football comes out, as Gay tells you everything you need to do inside the game for those who repress their feelings and emotions.