Wed 28 Jun 06
Why Austin Kelley Writes Drivel About Football
Here’s a recipe for appalling footie journalism:
- Take one noxious element of the game, diving;
- Add one writer who has clearly never played the sport;
- Stir furiously and serve up half-baked to the SLATE readership.
Because, after all, it’s better to look good than to play effectively as an honourable sportsman.
And Americans wonder why their views on football keep being greeted with contempt? Place the blame on the emerging prawn sandwich set on this side of the Atlantic, sadly let loose on the web.
Paul Canniff
