Do we hate footballers?

[doddisalegend]

Interesting article (IMO) on the BBC should footballers be more like the members of team GB?

 

 

The achievements of Team GB at the Olympics have led to a wave of criticism of footballers. They've been lambasted for being overpaid, arrogant underachievers. But why do some people hate footballers so much?

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19281103

[miserableoldgit]

It`s obvious. The PL is full of "celebrities" and not "sportsmen". I love Saints but I also like Rugby. It is refreshing to see players in Rugby that don`t argue with the ref and abide by the rules. Too many players in football think that they are bigger than the game. They are not.

[CB Saint]

General arrogance. However I have to say most 100m sprinters are arrogant tossers

[Thedelldays]

The problem generally lies at the top

 

All the team GB athletes I saw on BBC gave literally everything to win. An it was everything. Some could not walk an talk after their events. And some apologising to the nation for coming second

 

That is why the country loves/loved team GB so much. No one can say that that the athletes came away from the Olympics without doing everything possible to win. If they came short, then we all knew they did all they could

 

Wayne rooney was on the pop in Vegas just before meeting the squad for the euros

 

 

That is all that needs to be said