I understand the money imperative but

It seems that the FA have listened to those that are arguing we've gone to far in normalising and making respectable something that has really bad social consequences. It's not just kids - even big ones like Joey Barton. F1 used to do it with tobacco sponsorship - glamourising something that whilst legal, has a lot of social negatives to it, so should be far from glamourised. The TV companies bid silly money for sport, then saturate their channels with gambling adverts ..... sadly I'm old enough to remember when tobacco companies saturated TV advertising, thankfully no longer.

I understand the club feels it doesn't have a choice - but I'm sure they do, just not one as lucrative. If the FA's stand is the start of a change, then the least I hope for is that it also gives our suits pause for thought. Is the extra dosh worth it for the negatives ? Is that what we've come to - the shirt available to the highest bidder?

Posted By: Tressells Broadbrush, Jun 23, 13:21:57