https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/05/07...n-pay-fined-$25000-for-criticism-of-referees/
Bulldogs coach Dean Pay has been hit with a $25,000 breach notice after the NRL deemed his post-match spray at the officiating in Thursday's loss to Brisbane an attack on the referees' integrity.
A fuming Pay described several contentious calls as "ridiculous" and "disgraceful" in the wake of the Canterbury's 22-20 defeat to the Broncos, with his comment "it's like we're not supposed to win" in particular crossing the line.
After Pay made specific complaints about Moses Mbye's game-turning sin-binning and a controversial ruling on a Jamayne Issako fumble, referees' boss Bernard Sutton rang the rookie coach to explain the officials' interpretations.
Sutton defended both decisions as the correct call by both lead referee Gerard Sutton and senior review official Steve Chiddy.
In an NRL media release, Head of Football Brian Canavan said "the comments reflected on the integrity and performance of the match officials and went beyond the acceptable parameters."
Pay and the Bulldogs will now have five business days to respond to the notice, as per NRL protocol.
He is the first coach to be fined by the NRL the season for comments around refereeing in a season when a highly-publicised crackdown has seen penalty counts balloon at times over the first nine rounds.
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What a fucking joke !!!
Don't think Ricky or Toovey ever copped that much.