fate of the golden whistle

Interesting piece on the miserable state of Chinese football contains this interesting snippet:

Most damaging of all, however, was the arrest of Lu Jun, a former international World Cup referee known as the "Golden Whistle" for his impartiality, on suspicion of taking bribes. If found guilty he could face the death penalty.

Well, I sang all those songs too but I never thought that someone would actually do it.

Comments

[ejh]

known as the "Golden Whistle"

Really?

[Matt Heath]

"Golden Whistle" was also the name of the referee-bribing scandal in the Portuguese league (and the official name of the investigation into it). It makes even less as a nickname for the referee involved.