Tommy Martin: Is being human enough of an excuse for losing the rag at sport?

What links Jurgen Klopp and the various loo-lahs wading onto a GAA field bent on dishing out rough justice?

DISCIPLINE: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp speaks with the official during the Premier League match at Anfield.

NEWS that a nine-year-old boy was allegedly grabbed by the throat by a grown man at an underage hurling blitz in Tipperary last Saturday has understandably attracted headlines.

Safe to say that any event for children that ends in statements being taken by the gardaí hasn’t gone to plan. While the actual details of the incident are still being collated by the relevant authorities, the presence of the phrase “grabbed by the throat” in newspaper reports doesn’t suggest a fun day out had by all.