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The French Take Their Football Seriously

Steven L. Taylor
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France’s World Cup team utterly imploded this past week and now the President is getting involved.  Via the BBC:  World Cup 2010: Nicolas Sarkozy to probe French failure.

I must confess, to my American eye the above headline looks a bit odd.  However, when there is a cabinet level minister of sports, there are grounds for government involvement:

Prime Minister Francois Fillon, sports minister Roselyne Bachelot and junior sports minister Rama Yade will join Sarkozy to discuss how a country that won the World Cup in 1998 and reached the final in 2006 could manage just one point and a single goal at the 2010 edition.

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7 responses to “The French Take Their Football Seriously”

  1. Chris Berez Avatar
    Chris Berez

    I would point out how ridiculous it is to have a minister of sports, but we practically have that here anyway– only we call it Congress.

    *sigh*

  2. Steve Plunk Avatar
    Steve Plunk

    Football? Oh, you mean soccer.

  3. Talmadge East Avatar
    Talmadge East

    Oh, the travesty!!! I don’t even know how to properly make fun of this. Maybe we can send them Orrin Hatch.

  4. Franklin Avatar
    Franklin

    Football? Oh, you mean soccer.

    It does seem that football is a more appropriate name for soccer than football.

  5. Talmadge East Avatar
    Talmadge East

    I don’t know, “association football” or “soccer” seems just fine by me.

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