I've seen the same. A group of money brokers, many of whom claimed to have had trials for various London teams, wetting themselves when an ex-Spurs player (who most of them supported) came in. They were desperately trying to make parallels between being a top footballer and 'big swinging d*ck' in the City. Sucking hard on that reflected (and imagined) glory.
No wonder more of these footballers go into punditry or management these days. You'd do anything to avoid doing that for the rest of your days, wouldn't you?
All true... And unfortunately these people are usually selected from some third or fourth tier sport, like rugby or cricket. WTF!!
I have no idea what you are talking about. Rugby is the one with the baskets and Martin Jordan yes?
The one with the wrong ball
I thought as much
“But the reason that he was paid money to be there was to give a little bit of his glamour to the wealthy but dull people around him.”
Brutalist vibes.
I've seen the same. A group of money brokers, many of whom claimed to have had trials for various London teams, wetting themselves when an ex-Spurs player (who most of them supported) came in. They were desperately trying to make parallels between being a top footballer and 'big swinging d*ck' in the City. Sucking hard on that reflected (and imagined) glory.
No wonder more of these footballers go into punditry or management these days. You'd do anything to avoid doing that for the rest of your days, wouldn't you?
Great article Matt!
Also, “the pornography of inspiration” is a great phrase.
Ooof, I’ve also sat through a bunch of these. Totally useless in a corporate context.