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Biography & Autobiography Sports

Crimes and Punishment

Life as a CFL Official

by (author) Neil Payne

Publisher
J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing
Initial publish date
Nov 2000
Category
Sports
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781896239699
    Publish Date
    Nov 2000
    List Price
    $22.95

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Description

After more than three decades of working the field as a Canadian Football League linesman, referee, and league supervisor, Neil Payne is the man with the inside story on the game—the players, the coaches, and the officials who have to keep them in line. Payne is uniquely positioned to recount the history of the CFL as it has evolved, expanded, and attempted to export itself to the United States. He calls them as he sees them, but never loses his sense of humour when faced with aggrieved coaches, aggressive fans, and authority-resistant players.

About the author

Neil Payne wrote this book as a cathartic necessity to rid himself of the cumulative effects of 40 years of scars, and at times self doubts, inflicted by coaches, media, and fans who unfortunately on the odd occasion may have even been right when they questioned the adequacy of his eyesight.

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