The World of Sport has gone mad
Over the past few weeks we've had a rugby international decided 20 minutes into overtime thanks to interventions from an off pitch official, a woman golfer losing a tournament she was winning by a mile thanks to the intervention of a TV viewer and now a Premier League manager hauled over the coals because of a light hearted aside at the end of an interview which noone took offence to at the time. I'm sure others will be able to come up with similar examples.
Are we in danger of ruining sports as a spectacle by taking things too seriously? Seems to me the sports world has taken leave of its senses!
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Quite agree M, I heard the comment to the reporter about her being a little naughty, and getting a slap if she did it again and he was laughing, she was laughing, others there were laughing and if I may say so, I was laughing as well ! Bare facts made it sound appalling, but put into context it was a light hearted aside that all seemed to enjoy.
As for the golfing incident quite a few people have passed comments on this. Perhaps a "Time Limit" of Two holes or similar would avoid the distress caused to somebody for a slight slip which as you say cost her a title & Heavens Knows how much cash and damaged her reputation as well ( It will be on the record now & forever )
Similarly in soccer we hear, ad nauseum, ex-players turned commentators/sumarisers saying things like " He's taken one for the team", as if deliberately cheating is something to be proud of.
Sport, Pah, it's not like it was in MY day
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Totally agree with you Moulesy
The intervention of technology has indeed encroached, imho, far too much into sport and some referees are relying on it to make decisions, rather than doing what they're paid for.
If you look at the Wales game, the referee should've penalised Wales' pack after the second infringement and awarded a penalty try. Unfortunately the ref had never played in the scrum himself, so didnt understand what the 'clever pack' were up to.
The golf decision was a joke and although technically within the rules, a 'trial by home tv' should never have been allowed. A total nonsense.
I wonder how the referee, Jorge Larrionda, now feels after watching Frank Lampards disallowed goal in 2010. Perhaps we should now demand a re-match?
As for Moyles. Have you noticed who it is kicking up a stink? Two women. I'm not sexist, but if you want to play with the boys and be in a mans' world, sometimes you're going to hear throw away comments which you might not like....it's called Banter. Even the reporter was smiling and accepted his apology. Thank God he never mentioned he was just going to get his nails manicured!
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