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while the world cup is on it is only fair that i mention how peeved off i get when sportsmen (and women) do their best to remind you that they are just ungrateful slobs who want adoration and as much cash as possible.

i appreciate that to be an elite performer you have to be driven and self centred - it has to be all about 'me, me, me'. this is compounded by being surrounded by like minded people who also suffer from egomaniacal disorders.

of course none of this is helped by a culture that fawns over them.

so whenever i hear of someone going on about how their team needs to match their ambitions, i just want to slap them. it might be different if the player said they would take a pay cut to help fund those ambitions - but really it isn't about winning things it is just 'pay me more'.

or they go on about the sacrifices that they have made. hey, it was your choice, no one has forced you to follow your dream. there are a lot of people in the world doing shitty jobs, for little reward who are also making sacrifices - but no one gives a toss.

or the athletes who go on that only gold is good enough, yet somehow when they fail to win gold (or anything) still keep coming back for more money to allow them to train, it is ok that other people fund their failures, just once you want them to say 'you know i just wanted to get on that podium because there are a lot of people out there who have made this possible for me.' for some spectacular failure is preferable to coming second or third.

or situations where the 'manager has lost the dressing room - lads you get paid a fuck load of cash a week so don't shuffle about out there, run your tits off for the fans who don't get paid anything close to the stupid amounts players get (and never seem grateful for).

these are just some of the reasons why i have fallen out of love with practitioners of sport. it would be so much better if they just went out there did their thing and just kept qquiet.