millons love football (some places called soccer). others hate it. i know many of both categories. the "haters" hate football because they feel it is taking over completely and thus pressing other important cultural expressions out of the picture. the effect is not least that it takes all the money. even if it rightly can be said that football is overpaid superstars, our times most visible defiance of art and tradional culture expressions AND a good dose of cheating (anyone remembering Rivaldos filming at the corner flag some years ago and new about rigged matches?) football is more. at the positive side of the matter is not least the fact that this sport teaches children the power of working together and what great effect your support of your friend, colleagues and family can have in daily life. in my experience: when they reach 12/14 years of age the young players start to understand that what is needed to win is the ability to work together. and when the goal keeper lets an easy ball pass him into the net they will at this age experience what effect it has if you tell him "no, stop doing that. you always let easy balls into the net you bad keeper". the effect is a worse keeper. if you in stead chose to give him constructive advice and remind him of how good he was in the last match, you get a better keeper. in order to learn these very important life lessons you need to pass from child to youngster, but you need something else as well: you need peace from over ambitious fathers with wounds on their souls from broken football amibtions back in their own adolesence.
best, ivaranz
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