The rate of brazen errors that the officials have been committing in the ISL this season has been far too high to turn a blind eye anymore...
"I'm not paying INR 500 to watch a game which has such pathetic refereeing," screamed a frustrated fan from the stands at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in Chennai on Friday after Chennaiyin FC defeated Kerala Blasters 3-1 in an eventful Indian Super League (ISL) game.
And who could blame him? Such was the appalling standards of refereeing on show at a high-profile match in what is now India's premier footballing league.