The Guardian decided not to print. I felt (with Mark's permission) that it really should be read by more than three people.
The Guardian chooses to make professional football the subject of an editorial
My observation is that that status is ill-deserved. To adopt a phrase used by she-who-shall-not be-named, why give football, in its modern guise, the 'oxygen of publicity'? No longer a game nor a sport, football is now just a business.
The
editorial makes no mention of 'the beautiful game', there is no mention
of players, their ball-skills inspiring a new generation of would-be
international stars. No, the stand-out words and phrases are 'lawyers',
'corruption','large debt' and 'global farce'.
How
sorry is it that our 'national game' now has more in common with
banking than actual sport, a situation, I feel, which was summed-up last year by a club waiting overnight to make the announcement of the
sacking of its manager, a Mr Moyes I believe, until the opening of the
New York Stock Exchange?!
'Global farce' is an
understatement. Football, mired in greed and corruption, and burdened
with a generation of professional players who are better actors than
they are footballers, has become a laughing-stock. Cricket and Rugby
Union take heed! Down that road, evil lies!
Sincerely
Mark Tynan
The observant of you will notice that the author of this an I share a surname. Mark is indeed father though I think any bias I have toward is writing is outweighed by the quality.
The observant of you will notice that the author of this an I share a surname. Mark is indeed father though I think any bias I have toward is writing is outweighed by the quality.
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