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ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC"

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emir said:
Perhaps I am ignorant on this subject but maybe people can help me out here. Why does English football attract players from the lowest class, based on their behavior? You have players like Adam Johnson, who is a convicted pedophile. You have players like Wilshere, who had 2 kids by the age of 19. You have players like Ched Evans. You have players like John Terry, who is a racist. You have players like Giggs, who shagged his brother's girl. You have players like Rooney, cheating on his wife. Now, you have Jon Flanagan, the woman beater. The list is endless.

You would rarely find athletes of this nature in America, playing professional NBA, NFL, NHL or athletes from other European nations like Germany. So why does English football attract so much of this?
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That's seven names out of how many playing the game? That's like saying all NBA players are like Dwight Howard, who has fathered eight kids with eight different women or that every NFL player is like Ray Rice, who clobbered his fiance in an elevator. Fact is the vast majority of pro athletes are decent upstanding people. But their stories don't sell tabloids.
 
emir said:
Perhaps I am ignorant on this subject but maybe people can help me out here. Why does English football attract players from the lowest class, based on their behavior? You have players like Adam Johnson, who is a convicted pedophile. You have players like Wilshere, who had 2 kids by the age of 19. You have players like Ched Evans. You have players like John Terry, who is a racist. You have players like Giggs, who shagged his brother's girl. You have players like Rooney, cheating on his wife. Now, you have Jon Flanagan, the woman beater. The list is endless.

You would rarely find athletes of this nature in America, playing professional NBA, NFL, NHL or athletes from other European nations like Germany. So why does English football attract so much of this?
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Eh? Remember a year or two reading the crime sheets of players currently playing in the NFL. Are you sure mate? In answer to your question, money, fame as well as them not being very bright is my best guess.
 
canuckblue said:
That's seven names out of how many playing the game? That's like saying all NBA players are like Dwight Howard, who has fathered eight kids with eight different women or that every NFL player is like Ray Rice, who clobbered his fiance in an elevator. Fact is the vast majority of pro athletes are decent upstanding people. But their stories don't sell tabloids.
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I was referring to the White American players of those leagues rather. People like Kevin Love, Gordon Hayward, Tim Tebow, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers, etc.
 
emir said:
Perhaps I am ignorant on this subject but maybe people can help me out here. Why does English football attract players from the lowest class, based on their behavior? You have players like Adam Johnson, who is a convicted pedophile. You have players like Wilshere, who had 2 kids by the age of 19. You have players like Ched Evans. You have players like John Terry, who is a racist. You have players like Giggs, who shagged his brother's girl. You have players like Rooney, cheating on his wife. Now, you have Jon Flanagan, the woman beater. The list is endless.

You would rarely find athletes of this nature in America, playing professional NBA, NFL, NHL or athletes from other European nations like Germany. So why does English football attract so much of this?
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It's because we don't have an O.J. Simpson
 

emir said:
Perhaps I am ignorant on this subject but maybe people can help me out here. Why does English football attract players from the lowest class, based on their behavior? You have players like Adam Johnson, who is a convicted pedophile. You have players like Wilshere, who had 2 kids by the age of 19. You have players like Ched Evans. You have players like John Terry, who is a racist. You have players like Giggs, who shagged his brother's girl. You have players like Rooney, cheating on his wife. Now, you have Jon Flanagan, the woman beater. The list is endless.

You would rarely find athletes of this nature in America, playing professional NBA, NFL, NHL or athletes from other European nations like Germany. So why does English football attract so much of this?
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Yes there are some bells in the Prem, but the NFL has a way worse record than the Prem for violence including murder, sexual assault, domestic violence, dog fighting and animal abuse, drugs, manslaughter. Have you heard of OJ Simpson, Aaron Hernandez, Michael Vick?
 
emir said:
I was referring to the White American players of those leagues rather. People like Kevin Love, Gordon Hayward, Tim Tebow, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers, etc.
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Peyton Manning has had several affairs.

Brett Favre, Dan Marino, Tom Brady left his girlfriend when she was pregnant etc.

Even after you narrowed the parameters your trolling attempt fails.
 
roydo said:
Why?
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Because my original post was about White English footballers, so this was for comparison's sake. If I included people like Raheem Sterling on my original post, people would tell me he is Jamaican, not English, so I did not want to use his name.
 
emir said:
Because my original post was about White English footballers, so this was for comparison's sake. If I included people like Raheem Sterling on my original post, people would tell me he is Jamaican, not English, so I did not want to use his name.
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No they wouldnt. They might point out he played for Liverpool, granted, but in the UK, a players behaviour, on or off the pitch isnt viewed or graded due to the colour of their skin.

Its weird that you do.
 

Steve0 said:
Peyton Manning has had several affairs.

Brett Favre, Dan Marino, Tom Brady left his girlfriend when she was pregnant etc.

Even after you narrowed the parameters your trolling attempt fails.
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I have never heard of Peyton Manning having several affairs, as you describe it.

I never heard of Brett Favre and Dan Marino, and don't know them.

Regarding Tom Brady, he never left his girlfriend when she was pregnant. That's nonsense. He started dating Bundchen after the break-up and it was only about 3 months in, that he learnt he got his ex pregnant. At the time of the break-up, he had no idea about any pregnancy.
 
emir said:
I have never heard of Peyton Manning having several affairs, as you describe it.

I never heard of Brett Favre and Dan Marino, and don't know them.

Regarding Tom Brady, he never left his girlfriend when she was pregnant. That's nonsense. He started dating Bundchen after the break-up and it was only about 3 months in, that he learnt he got his ex pregnant. At the time of the break-up, he had no idea about any pregnancy.
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Literally Cba taking this further.
 

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