His statements in the above article made me almost scream in rage. What an imbecile! What a cretin!
Let's have a look at some of the best ones.
I think in football there's too much modern slavery in transferring players or buying players here and there, and putting them somewhere.
Yes indeed, it's a really great idea to compare some of the highest paid people in the world, doing something that they love once a week, who are in a position to stop doing that job any time they want to slavery. SLAVERY.
Let's define slavery briefly, shall we?
"Slavery is a social-economic system under which certain persons — known as slaves — are deprived of personal freedom and compelled to work."
Can't add much more to that.
Moving on.
The reaction to the Bosman law is to make long-lasting contracts
A couple of things spring to mind here.
1. Of course the team will want a long term contract to avoid their best players buggering off. Blatter seems to be making out that they are evil selfish megalomaniacs (which, of course, we all know they are) for wanting to do this. Of course they want to look after their multi-million pound investment! If Microsoft buys yahoo, are they going to be willing to let it go to their biggest rivals for free in a couple of years? Of course not!
2. Signing contracts is optional. If the player doesn't like a clause in it, don't sign it. If you sign a contract for 5 years, it is not unfair to presume that it should last five years, not until a better offer comes along.
I love football. Sometimes I wonder why though.
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10/07/08 @ 14:57