December 4, 2009

Agents are useful scapegoats for the public's double standards | Lawrence Donegan

Agents are useful scapegoats for the public's double standards | Lawrence Donegan

There are worse excesses in other entertainment industries than the £70.7m paid to football's middle men

Like putting in a good word for swine flu or banging on about the relaxing effects of smoking, the spirited defence of the football agent is not a good idea at any time but it is an especially bad idea at this time, in the week it was revealed Premier League clubs had handed over £70.7m to middle men. Or, as most people would rather have it, parasitical hucksters.

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