Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Ronaldo
I am reluctant to admit it, but it is possible that footballers are appropriately paid. The economics of it is sound – there is a demand, and they, in their limited numbers, supply at an exhorbitant rate. So all is far and dandy in my book, although I am jealous that they guy who was even more of a retard than me at school is now earning infinitely more, and laughing all the way.
So, why is it, that with all this fame and glory, only Ronaldo has chosen to actually put his fame to a good use?
BBC News Article
I finally have respect for a sportsman. He is worthy of his fame and fortune. The fortune comes from exploiting addicted mentally dormant Westerners into paying ludicrous amounts of money towards tickets and shirts. If he flies out to Palestine, and gives a smile back
The cynic would argue that he is trying to raise the profile of Real Madrid in Palestine, and spin out some merchandising sales. But the kids he is waving at survive on less than $2/day. That means they will be buying competitively priced Chinese imports of dubious legitimacy, harming the business instead.
Why is Beckham not flying to Sudan and getting British school kids to raise money for HIV Africans? If he told them, they’d listen. Or if the stench of decomposing child AIDS victims clashes with his designer perfume, why not fly out to Munich, and start trying to building bridges between German school kids and British school kids? Even the Monarchy are calling for it:
BBC News Article
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