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Originally Posted by Red Hand Devil
Good point man, but i think Blatter has probably covered himself in some way like a scoundrel always does!
Interesting to hear what UEFA's communications director William Gaillard said to counter what Blatter said regarding footballers being slaves: "It would be useful to remind people that slaves in all of the slavery systems never earned a wage"
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Gaillard has missed the point completely. Slavery is nothing to do with wages, it is about being forced to do work for someone against your will - THAT is its definition. I'm sure that some slaves in the past DID earn a wage. Others I'm sure got board and lodging in lieu. However, they were still slaves.
A contract of slavery is illegal in the UK and has been for 200-odd years. Blatter's analogy is right - it's the fact that he's been fighting tooth and nail for the last 10 years to KEEP the system whereby players' freedom of movement is limited that really sticks in my throat, the two-faced twat!
