Comedy Steve
We're f'ing brilliant
Hold on Steve, no one forces these young men to
1: Shag whores (Rooney, Crouch)
2: Shag anyone (Ashley Cole)
3: Shag your mate's ex (Terry)
4: Vomit and joke about 9/11 at an airport in front of Americans (Lampard, Terry)
5: Beat up people at nightclubs whilst your mates hold them down (Stevie G)
........and that's before we open the whole chapter headed 'Joey Barton'.
I don't judge them, it happens in all professions, but they are happy to take the money in the form of endorsements for being in the public eye, and therefore they should not bitch when things bite them on the bum.
I agree with everything you've said!
I just wish it wasn't news - and I still find the timing of running the stories vindictive. And there's a reason for it; when there's no major tournament or games on, footballers aren't in 'the news' as much and so therefore, a scandal will sell less papers. So they wait until a big game comes up... and then run it.
On top of that, I despair at the newspapers who on one page can write "why aren't we the best footballing team in the world - what's wrong with our players?" on the back page, while on the front page, they're destroying the confidence of probably our only genuine world class footballer.
It's their perogative, but they're the architects of their own chagrin.