Kadeem Simmonds raised some excellent points in his
article on the different reactions in the press to Vardy and Fury, the former a
"goalscoring, abusive narcissist" and the latter a world champion, bigoted
homophobe (Morning Star,03/12/15). Simmonds strangely made no reference to
Fury`s inclusion in the shortlist for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year
award, or to the possible effect his homophobic comments will have on the
public`s voting. No matter how good the sporting achievement, the award does
explicitly stress it is for "sports personality", and it`s about time,
especially considering how prestigious and coveted the trophy has become, that
the media provided us with rather more pertItinent details about all those on
the shortlist.
It would certainly be helpful to know about which of the twelve love their country so much, and
are so grateful for the support of their British fans, they live abroad, and pay
little or no tax to the Treasury. How many say they owe so much to the time and
patience of their teachers, but who nevertheless contribute to the £40bn of
unpaid, avoided taxes every year, money which could ensure the provision of
better facilities and coaching for millions of young people in this
country? Perhaps the Morning Star could help by publishing the BBC`s shortlist,
providing readers with details of the names of the non doms and known tax
avoiders? Such action by the press would surely have altered the final result
last year!
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