Protest Anyone?

Is it me or are protests becoming an everyday occurrence?

Obviously the headline making news in the past week has been 'those disgraceful students!' smashing up half of London (before anyone says anything I'm only joking and think it’s a travesty that Tuition fees are increasing so much!)

It’s not only here though, a number of Italians decided to destroy half of Rome today in retaliation to Silvio Berlusconi being kept in power (somehow) for the immediate future. One of the most controversial people in not only Italy but the World is also the owner of AC Milan, he, like a number of other football club owners, seem to make people go 'protest crazy'.

Just ask a Newcastle, Manchester United or Liverpool fan on how much they have spent on placards in the past few years. Yes it seems to be the new trend of not only buying a football club and wasting your money by giving managers and players crazy contracts but to sack a manager for getting good results as well as stabilising the club. The latest inductions into the ‘Owners hall of shame’ are Blackburn’s new owners from India. The Rao family have now joined a long line of people in power positions to abuse their power and go against all logic that is obvious to the general public (ring any bells Mr Blatter?)

Once again the only losers out of this situation is the fan, sure the manager gets fired but he gets his huge contract pay out and sympathy from the rest of the football world and will most likely be back in work again within the month as another fellow manager joins the managerial merry-go-round. The owners then either sell up to another ‘Middle Eastern or American oil tycoon’ or stay on and let that fans suffer both in their pockets and on the field of play.

So as you wonder ‘Why has my season ticket gone up again?’, think back to that lucrative five year contract that was given to your club’s old manager before he was sacked and all the transfer money promised to the new manager when he arrived- someone’s got to pay it. Sure won’t be the new owners from India, who are more interested in Hockey being played on the other side of the world than the Football taking place right in front of them that will foot the bill.