[OFF THE POST] A group of young Dutch women were detained by authorities after Monday’s Netherlands-Denmark game, and ITV World Cup play-by-play commentator,former Jamaican international Robbie Earle, was fired after tickets issued in his name ended up in their hands to get into the game. The transgression of theyoung women? Dressing up in orange mini-skirts.

That’s right. They were detained for wearing the colors of the Dutch national team.

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