You make some good points.
I didn’t know the extent of Beckham’s role and renumeration for it before Lycett’s intervention either. Fair dues to Lycett for that.
Is Beckham worse than Lineker because he’s paid directly by Qatar? I guess, marginally. But he’s not as much as a hypocrite. Beckham is just an airhead talisman. He’ll jump on board any bandwagon world football gets rolling. None of this excuses Lineker. He is making shitloads out of this, and you think that because he piously wags his finger at those laying on the jamboree as he counts the cash he’s made out of it that it’s all ok. It ain’t. He’s a sanctimonious hypocrite.
I think we are on the same side on this. I just won’t let exculpation of Lineker (or anyone making money out of this) go unchallenged. The only reason I don’t go in as hard on Beckham is that I think he’s very thick, and isn’t intellectually capable of even trying to defend his position on this. It’s like blaming a one time Miss World winner for that misogynistic jamboree. Lineker is not as thick, and he is very vocal. He should practice what he preaches.
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