| Thought provoking on 12:49 - Nov 27 with 1207 views | D_Alien |
Good analysis
I don't agree with everything in the piece, but in general should be required reading for anyone involved in administration of the game.
One key thought emerges: right here, right now, being a Dale fan feels like we're among a privileged few who can honestly claim to be in touch with what the professional game was originally meant to be about. |  |
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| Thought provoking on 15:26 - Nov 27 with 1068 views | tony_roch975 |
| Thought provoking on 12:49 - Nov 27 by D_Alien |
Good analysis
I don't agree with everything in the piece, but in general should be required reading for anyone involved in administration of the game.
One key thought emerges: right here, right now, being a Dale fan feels like we're among a privileged few who can honestly claim to be in touch with what the professional game was originally meant to be about. |
Right on: "in recent years we’ve witnessed often the sick and twisted strategy of blaming the victim for societies’ ills. While bankers gamble away our economy and spiral us into a 21st century depression and multi-billion corporations refuse to pay their tax it appears that the reason you and I are struggling at present is all the fault of a bloke trying to make ends meet by cleaning windows while on incapacity benefit. The media relentlessly hound the poor, the ordinary, and anyone whose surname ends in a vowel yet give a free pass to the rich and powerful who are immorally screwing this country into the dust. It appears this very same macabre master plan is now slowly seeping into football."
Overpaid, amoral footballers with innaccessible oligarch owners - It's all part of the same strategy that declared 'there's no such thing as society' (Hilda Margaret Thatcher) and celebrates the few getting filthy rich at the expense of the many - no surprise it's at the heart of professional football. Without doubt one of the greatest joys of supporting Dale is that our club still holds true to some old fashioned values of fairness, hard work, and solidarity epitomised by the atmosphere last night at the excellent Youth Team's cup game. |  |
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| Thought provoking on 15:57 - Nov 27 with 1033 views | D_Alien |
| Thought provoking on 15:26 - Nov 27 by tony_roch975 |
Right on: "in recent years we’ve witnessed often the sick and twisted strategy of blaming the victim for societies’ ills. While bankers gamble away our economy and spiral us into a 21st century depression and multi-billion corporations refuse to pay their tax it appears that the reason you and I are struggling at present is all the fault of a bloke trying to make ends meet by cleaning windows while on incapacity benefit. The media relentlessly hound the poor, the ordinary, and anyone whose surname ends in a vowel yet give a free pass to the rich and powerful who are immorally screwing this country into the dust. It appears this very same macabre master plan is now slowly seeping into football."
Overpaid, amoral footballers with innaccessible oligarch owners - It's all part of the same strategy that declared 'there's no such thing as society' (Hilda Margaret Thatcher) and celebrates the few getting filthy rich at the expense of the many - no surprise it's at the heart of professional football. Without doubt one of the greatest joys of supporting Dale is that our club still holds true to some old fashioned values of fairness, hard work, and solidarity epitomised by the atmosphere last night at the excellent Youth Team's cup game. |
Oddly enough, that's one of the things I'd find fault with in the piece.
Someone claiming incapacity benefit whilst cleaning windows should be prosecuted - just as corporations who hide themselves from the taxman should be.
It's possible to understand the general drift of what's going wrong within the upper levels of the game, and why fans feel disenfranchised, without resorting to a socialist agenda.
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| Thought provoking on 16:41 - Nov 27 with 992 views | isitme |
I found it dull and cliched. At least I filled my hard done by bingo card though. |  | | |
| Thought provoking on 18:33 - Nov 27 with 929 views | pioneer |
The powers that be continually tell us its a business, but if Tetleys finds it custom is dropping they don't complain about drinkers being disloyal - they find out what is wrong with their product (price, taste, place where its sold) and (hopefully) fix it.
We have been guilty of the same at times although on a different scale (asking why dont people turn up to watch instead of why don't we update the fixture board!) | | | |
| Thought provoking on 19:48 - Nov 27 with 864 views | KenBoon |
I agreed with bits, but Sport has become entertainment worldwide. A sport that could attract huge TV ratings before the Premier League expansion was always going to be glamorised and sold.
The bashing of Sky is old and predictable. Wasn't the Premier League a Greg Dyke and ITV idea? Sky outbid them for the rights at the last minute. |  | | |
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