O.K. Time for another Svengali rant.
Will someone please explain to me, preferably in words of one syllable, why sportsmen of all types get raised to such lofty heights in the public's awareness and just why they are paid such obscenely large amounts of money?
Take Tiger:
He "earns" gazillions of dollars a year for what?
Has he cured cancer?
Has he brought about world peace?
Has he risked life and limb fighting fires or fighting for his country in the armed forces?
Nope, none of the above. He just bashes a little white ball into a series of holes with oddly shaped sticks and does it better than most other people. Clever, but so what?
Plumbers, builders and electricians would do more useful work in a week than most sportsmen would do in a year so just what is all the fuss about?