Football bungs

It never ceases to amaze me, the seriousness with which our football industry takes itself, and the importance that our news media gives it.

Today we have Lord Stevens, former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police giving an interim report, on his inquiries into football corruption, a week or so back, we had the hard hitting prestigious BBC Panorama programme apparently expose corrupt practices in the football game.

But really where is football in the scheme of things, as far as I can tell, football is part of the entertainment industry with a slight interest in sport, the main purpose of professional football is to make money, and the Football Industry has never drawn back from extracting the very last penny from the fans, for instance when Sky came along I cannot remember too many directors of football clubs begging to keep the game free to air for the greater good of humanity.

The fact is if a football manager or agent acquire a bit of extra money so what, where's the harm its only show business.