https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/23/all-bets-are-off-why-the-guardians-ban-on-gambling-ads-is-worth-supporting

#BarneyRonay as incisive as ever in this insightful piece in #theguardian on the paper's ban on #gambling advertising. The bookies are gaslighters extraordinaire. This sentence is as absurd as it is funny:-

"Recently there was a UK Advertising Standards Association case which established that Peter Crouch is unappealing to children."

#Sport doesn't need gambling, and sports fans don't need to have it rammed down our throats every time we read or watch sports media.

#BarneyRonay as incisive as ever in this insightful piece in #theguardian on the paper's ban on #gambling advertising. The bookies are gaslighters extraordinaire. This sentence is as absurd as it is funny:-

"Recently there was a UK Advertising Standards Association case which established that Peter Crouch is unappealing to children."

#Sport doesn't need gambling, sports fans don't need it, and we certainly don't need to have it rammed down our throats every time we read or watch sports media.

Barney Ronay's sports writing is sublime, and it's great to see him writing about something else:-

"The fact is we all lose when the state, no matter how third-hand or arm’s-length, is able to engineer the silence of public figures"

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2023/mar/10/gary-lineker-bbc-suspension-match-of-the-day-comment #Lineker #istandwithgary #turdreich #politics #ukpol #bbc #theguardian #barneyronay

‘Gianni Infantino rose unexpectedly in his seat and spread his arms in crucifixion pose, wrists cocked, head tilted tenderly to one side. “You can crucify me. I’m here for that.’

Exceptional piece from #BarneyRonay #Football #WorldCup #Qatar

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/19/gianni-infantino-does-his-football-jesus-act-during-bizarre-monologue-on-qatar?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

"Messi in Qatar may still feel like a breath of life inside the machine. It may also feel like the most thoroughly stitched World Cup propaganda coup imaginable, a sportswashing checkmate. The best we can probably hope for is a chance to find out which."

#Worldcup #barneyronay

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2022/nov/11/lionel-messi-argentina-world-cup-qatar