Football Banter

(22-04-2011 11:36 )bigguy01 Wrote:  

(22-04-2011 10:35 )gazfc Wrote:  I like how the newspapers are all claiming to be hard done by, the way I see it, the papers are finally been stopped from posting stories which wrek familys/marriages on the word of one person with no proof. Good on the courts I say

there have been attempts to bring in a privacy law. these attempts have failed in parliament. so the super injunctions handed out by the courts are a law being introduced by the backdoor.

look at what happened to tiger woods who built his career around being a good decent honest person then its revealed that he likes to play in the rough.

why should the rich, powerful and famous be treated differently than others?

Currently Privacy Law is developing in the UK. There is no set precedent of Law relating to privacy like there is a set amount of Law for contracts or crime for eg. Currently for privacy law, Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights implemented by the Human Rights Act is the biggest law protecting someone's privacy. Article 8 states that everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and correspondance. Most of the other law regarding privacy is developed and being developed through case law. There is no set Law on protecting someone's privacy. Lawsuits that are brought to courts for breach of someone's privacy are dealt with through a case by case analysis.

On the other point that you mentioned. I think it is right that sports stars who are rich and powerful should have their lives scrutinised to a some extent. This because a lot of people look up to them and idolise them and see them as Role Models

Look how many people looked up to Tiger Woods and thought that he was a respectable, iconic sportsman. Who was an ideal family man outside of golf. When all that time his real image was completely the opposite of what people thought of him. Really he was shagging any random girl he met in the back of a car when he had a wife and kids at home waiting for him. What kind of a person, rich or not does that????

Secondly, when you earn that much money and people look upto you and idolise you, then you have a responsibility to be a role model. Just look at John Terry, Ashley Cole and Wayne Rooney. They are some of the best footballers in the world, but the worst kind of men in the world. I think it was totally right for the newspapers to name and shame those fucking cheaters. Their reputation absolutely deserved to be ruined by the newspapers so that people know exactly what kind of despicable people they are.

I mean how on earth can you cheat on Cheryl Tweedy?? She is so gorgeous!!!!! Ashley Cole is such a retard it's unbelievable.

Personally I don't really look up to any footballers as being role models. Most of them whilst they may be great footballers on the field, are despicable men off the field.

I do look up to Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Those two are my role models. Roger Federer is just a gentleman on and off the field, he is such a nice guy. Rafael Nadal , his net earnings so far (and he is only 24) is in excess of £30 million. Yet Nadal lives with his whole family in a block flats in his home town and drives a Ford Kia. Off the field he is such a great guy as well. I know because I have met him at Wimbledon because I am a huge Tennis fan.