By: Bill Lee Well, we will shortly have the Great Insane Boondoggle (aka the FIFA World Cup) upon us and at our throats. For one month and more the media will have non stop "coverage" and we will be inundated by over the top blather about the so called "Beautiful Game". I bet the publicity corporation that came up with that one made a bundle. The CBC I understand has won the booby prize of being the Canadian mouthpiece for the various games and its faithful listeners will be fed the usual codswallop that attends all the over -hyped zaniness. Beautiful game eh? It is not just that the game is slow and that players dive like Kingfishers at every opportunity that I object to. Indeed, I actually enjoyed watching my grandchildren play, it was good exercise too. But, the fact of the matter is, like many pro sports (but more so, much more so) soccer, and particularly the World Cup variety has millionaire players who play for teams owned by billionaires in...
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