Interesting.

A J Taylor (Norwich fan, incidentally) has been writing recently about the way in which the amateur, Corinthian ethos of 'being a good sport' has somehow managed to survive in football, (and other British-invented sports, I guess). So we expect players to live up to a fair-play ideal which you'd expect to have long since disappeared.

I guess maybe you've come up with one reason why it's happened - because it helps us come up with villains and heroes, and so just makes the whole thing more interesting.

Dunno if he's thought of that....maybe you should email him....

Posted By: Tricky Hawes, Jul 4, 12:06:09