Why is that in rugby the ref can be a tiny smurf yet the players respect him while in football no respectgiven

Question

the football players dont give any respect to the ref while a 7 foot tonga will plead with the 5 foot tiny south african ref why is this so?

Answer 1

because rugby players are honorable

Answer 2

Rugby players don't make as much as US Football players.

Answer 3

believe it or not rugby is a pretty respectable game believe me.football players are spoilt little girls who will get played every game no matter what they do and still earn their millions of pounds or euros or dollars a year.and rugby players dont want to let their team and their team mates down by getting sent of