Canadian women’s soccer player Christine Sinclair recently defended her outbreak of poor sportsmanship at the London Olympics by crassly stating "I was emotional and I wouldn’t want to change that." This is the wrong attitude. Everyone gets emotional during sporting events but that is not a reason to persist in blaming others (referees) for one’s loss. Both Players and fans have to learn to control their emotions not defend them when they deteriorate in such a way that they lead to bad behaviour.