sagt Boris Johnson in seinem Blog und im Daily Telegraph. Und offensichtlich macht er für das bescheidene Abschneiden der englischen Elf bei der EM (auch die Qualifikation gehört zur EM) die gleichen Gründe verantwortlich, die deutsche Fußballexperten und Ökonomen gelegentlich für das maue Auftreten der deutschen Elf verantwortlich machen.
On any given weekend, half the players in a top-level English club fixture are imported from abroad; and since our most famous clubs rely so heavily on these foreign aces, home-grown talent is not being properly developed.
Doch er begnügt sich nicht mit dieser letztlich symptomatsichen Begründung, sondern setzt eins vorher an:
We should summon up our courage and tell our ballooning children to put down their beastly PlayStations and go and play outside. We should encourage them to walk or cycle to school. We should stop the sale of school playing fields. We should finally abandon the ethic of “all must have prizes”.
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And before you tell me that we need more “investment” in coaching and elite academies, let me tell you that the first priority is to end the crazed obsession with paedophiles that means anyone who wants to help with grassroots sports coaching must go through an enormous Criminal Records Bureau procedure, and submit to 6in-thick files dictating exactly how the children can be exhorted to do better without hurting their feelings.
Great.
Gerade läuft: “Injection” von Rise Against