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  • France’s footballers – a symptom of our time

    By Thomas Gravgaard Good riddance. France are leaving the World Cup finals the same way they entered: in complete disgrace. On the pitch the very super stars that benefited from both a sudden change of qualification rules by FIFA and Thierry Henry’s hand to qualify only managed one single point in three group matches. Off the pitch they managed to become the laughing stock of Planet Football and enraging the entire population back home as they went on training strike after Anelka’s dismissal. All the way through a tournament that for years has been anticipated eagerly in every corner of the world this bunch of normally extraordinary athletes has in every aspect in actions if not words expressed that they didn’t want to be there. They probably didn’t like the cold on the southern hemisphere. What else could explain such a (lack of) attitude? One guess could be that they are a bunch of spoiled kids that are not used to playing football without getting paid a ridiculous amount of money. This would also explain why they perform so well in their clubs while seemingly being slightly annoyed when their nation calls upon them. In that case the clubs should take it upon them to teach the youngsters some decency and humility, if not their parents. It is symptomatic for this age of football that it is getting increasingly difficult for ordinary followers of the game to identify and thus sympathize with the stars. France’s example in 2010 could very well extend to players from other national teams like England, Italy and Spain in the upcoming decade: a lack of basic respect for their own profession, its history and their own incredibly privileged status as heroes – and well paid ones. With the rest of society buried in recession, who would have the slightest understanding when they go on strike during the biggest tournament on Earth? And even more disturbing – who would want to be like them and start playing football? Let’s hope France just had a bad day out. And that their players deep inside know that the Irish would have died to be in South Africa. Although they would probably also have been freezing.

    Thomas Gravgaard tg 6/23/2010 12:00:00 AM France’s footballers – a symptom of our time
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