Football (soccer) is often refereed to as the Beautiful Game. The way some of these guys can strike the ball and the amount of girls (and some guys) who find Cristiano Ronaldo attractive certainly make the case that it is a beautiful game. However I don't think Football is the Beautiful Game, not anymore at least. Football has become a business and, to be honest, it has become ugly. Now I may come across as some hard core humanitarian and that isn't really my intention. I think the amount of money in football is just disgusting. In 2009, Real Madrid paid 80 million Pounds (130 million US) for Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United. Also, that money did not include Ronaldo's salary at Madrid. How can the 'universal' sport, the sport that has no political boundaries according to Sepp Blatter, have such a divide between 80 million pound transfer fees and footballs consisting of plastic bags tied together?
It upsets me to see footballers who ask for more and more money and deliver less an less quality football and it bothers me that clubs will put up 50, 60, 70 or 80 million pounds bids for players and it bothers me that it won't change. I want all sport to go back to being about passion and a desire to play, not money. I want children in Africa to be able to have a proper football and I want players to give back to their home towns, communities and countries. I know that some of you may disagree with me. Some of you may think that football is beautiful and that this is the way it should be going. You may be right. I may just be trying to combine my love of sport with my desire to help people but I will stand by what I have said and that something needs to be done to change football. You know I use to be a football fan but, to be honest, I don't know if I am anymore.
Now, as a change of tone, I will quickly make my picks for this weekends American Football games. I am going to say Green Bay over Chicago and New York over Pittsburgh.
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