Written evidence submitted by Mrs Linsey
Wraith
I doubt very much whether my input will be of any
relevance, however I feel so strongly about this subject, I feel
compelled to submit my opinion.
As the mother of four sons, our household centres
around the subject of English football, albeit in the main Newcastle
Utd. In this week when I have been asked to explain the actions
of both Fifa, and the owner's actions of Newcastle Utd, ie an
apparent owner's whim, in terms of fair play and morality, I am
left speechless. When even the Government seems hell bent against
sport in schools, what explanation am I to give my sons? The whole
English game, without Fifa, has lost its way—it is no longer
a "national" game but a preserve of the rich, and wholly
unsuitable owners. Who will stand up any longer for real sport,
and real and proper owners? Opinions of real fans, and real voters,
are irrelevant against the profit pound it appears yet again.
December 2010
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