I'm not a football fan; scenes such as Marseilles fans smashing up the town because they won puts me off. However, there has been a spate of football related adverts which seem strange to me. As the excitement builds up to the world cup, a number of adverts have proposed televisions with up to 100% discounts if the French team wins the world cup. Now, it seems a little disloyal on the part of the TV retailers to offer such a large discount. It suggests they are pretty confident that the French team will not win. This can't being doing much for the players moral, unless they feel motivated enough to leave these same TV retailers with egg on their face by actually winning. I suppose the argument could be that all those who buy the TVs will be spurring the home team on to win. I'm no expert, but it looks like they'll need all the support they can get, as few commentators are giving them much chance in the competition.
In the meantime, we've got the scandal of certain players alleged relations with under- aged prostitutes, to keep us amused. Once again, I'm surprised by the fuss the relevations have caused. Okay, they should be role models but give young, not too bright men way too much money and what do you think they'll do? And as for the young lady in question she seems to have achieved exactly what she wanted, riches and fame, appearing on the cover of Paris match. She's not some Eastern European or Chinese teenager forced into sex with strangers to pay off her journey to France. This is a savvy, high class hooker looking to make money out of rich celebrities.
I don't like football because it is no longer about football but the money and celebrity that goes with it. That's why I will not be buying a new TV and not watching the world cup. Unless of course England makes it to the final, and even better if they're playing France!
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