29 October 2008

Setting a good example?

The problem with BBC Scotland (and STV) is that they have no imagination. Why did they not seek to broadcast this stirring sporting contest? Some of us might even have paid to watch it. The Scotsman reports:
A TEAM of MSPs was last night branded "an absolute disgrace" after a football match in which they were involved was called off when tempers boiled over.
The match at Lesser Hampden in Glasgow on Sunday was stopped after about 55 minutes when the game threatened to descend into a mass brawl following a number of contentious challenges between the politicians and their opponents, a team of sports journalists. One of the flashpoints in the match saw the BBC broadcaster, Chick Young, injured in a tackle involving John Park, the MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, after which the MSP was sent off.

How nice to see that our politicians and sports journalists still seek to maintain the sporting traditions of fair play and broken ankles.

PS Is Mr Chick Young not a little old for this kind of endeavour?

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