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wjarrettc
21 Aug 2006, 06:21 AM
Interesting Guardian piece on the confluence of "journalism" and "commercialism" in sport.

http://football.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1855014,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=5

geordienation
21 Aug 2006, 09:02 AM
Interesting Guardian piece on the confluence of "journalism" and "commercialism" in sport.

http://football.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1855014,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=5


The "pay for play" on in Europe has been prevalent for a while. It's rarely found in the sports press over here.

Basically, if you're paying for stuff on this side of the pond, you're either in the supermarket tabs or a really crappy magazine.