The NRL has backed Kasey Badger amid criticism of her officiating, as it emerged the referee has taken to deactivating her social media accounts before games to avoid reading hateful comments.
was not a “gender issue”, as it emerged the female whistleblower deactivated her social media accounts every weekend to avoid reading hateful messages.
NRL head of elite competitions Graham Annesley said on Monday Klemmer was lucky he had not been sent off, having ignored an initial directive to leave the field, while Canterbury pair Reed Mahoney and Matt Burton, as well as Sezer, were all lucky to avoid being binned. Kasey Badger has resorted to deactivating her social media accounts every weekend because of the abuse.“This is not a gender issue,” Annesley said. “Even when referees do make mistakes, they don’t make mistakes because of their gender – they make mistakes because they’re human.
The same sources also confirmed the level of abuse she had received was nowhere near the amount of vitriol her husband, former whistleblower Gavin Badger, had received during his time as a first-grade referee.Badger received more than 50 direct messages over the weekend. At one stage on X, Badger was trending in the No. 1 slot for Australian sport.
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