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The terms "referee" and "badass" are almost antonyms.

The two are never in the same sentence, unless it's a conversation about how awesome something was until the fun police showed up in their striped shirts and quashed all the goodness.

Today is not about that kind of ref. Today is about the refs who ran out of F's to give in '82. They might make you laugh, or they might scream "Whoomp there it is" and chokeslam you into a world of semiconscious regret.

So mind your manners, respect the game and protect your neck—these are 10 badass ref moments.