I can't remember if I've already shared my thoughts with you on this one, but no matter, it keep coming back and will probably crop up again. It's the obsession about football in the sporting world. Now, when I say 'Sporting world' I mean the press, who, I would have thought, try and project what the nation thinks. Therefore, lots of footy talk in the media = lots of the population wanting to read about it. But for me, there's far, far too much. Part of this issue is the 'phil space' type of journalism that creates news items where none exist just to fill some space in the paper/media outlet and footy seems to be capable of loads of non-stories. The journalists pick up on some random tweet or post-match statement and before you know it, they have concocted some far fetched scenario that is half believed by about half of the population. It's the same with on-line media. One of my daily trips is to visit Yahoo, who (I think) use Eurosport as their sport provider, and it is absolutely full of trifling football stories from home and abroad fit mainly for the bin. A glance at the daily sporting headlines sees 7 football stories before you reach a cricket story (not about the Indian test series, but the Aussies), and then a few more footy before there's a mention of the SPOTY winner Bradley Wiggins.
Anyway, enough of football, I'm obviously just as bad!
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