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14-05-2020 05:31 PM #1
Harry Kane...
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14-05-2020 05:41 PM #2
Very decent gesture.
Loads of footballers are doing good things in the background at the moment. They were used as a bit of a political pawn and there was a blatant attempt to scapegoat them.
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14-05-2020 05:59 PM #4
Not at all surprised by this. He stepped in big style when my cousin's daughter was getting abuse.
He seems really sound.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/h...-a4140231.html
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14-05-2020 06:03 PM #5This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Nice. He does seem like a really good lad.
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14-05-2020 06:10 PM #6
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He has an unsettlingly enormous chin
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14-05-2020 06:27 PM #7
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14-05-2020 06:59 PM #8
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Care to share how you are helping others?
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14-05-2020 07:31 PM #10This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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14-05-2020 07:49 PM #11
“Thank You Frontline Carers for serving us through this right fluffery buffery”
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14-05-2020 10:28 PM #12This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Wow. Terrible that people get abuse and fair play to the big man.
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14-05-2020 10:58 PM #13This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
https://www.itv.com/news/2019-04-30/...cing-at-spurs/Last edited by Peevemor; 14-05-2020 at 11:00 PM.
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14-05-2020 10:58 PM #14
One of these guys who doesn’t seem to do much wrong on or off the park. Very down to earth.
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14-05-2020 11:35 PM #15
Fair play to him. Can't be easy for Clubs to find sponsors in this market.
Double win. Club gets a fee for sponsorship and those who are risking everything get some much deserved praise.
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16-05-2020 10:28 AM #16
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Great jesture, but it shows the amount of money top players earn in the EPL to be able to be a shirt sponsor, usually taken up by big businesses.
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16-05-2020 10:30 AM #17This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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16-05-2020 11:34 AM #18This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuotePERSEVERE
Verb: pə:ːsɪ'ˈvɪə/
To not give up.
To go the distance.
To stop at nothing.
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16-05-2020 06:55 PM #19
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16-05-2020 07:27 PM #20This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
He's made a good gesture that he didn't have to do, and it sounds like it's not out of character for him, and shown appreciation to some worth people.Mon the Hibs.
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16-05-2020 07:58 PM #21
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17-05-2020 09:44 AM #23
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Terrible post? For what adding a little perspective. I said it’s great that anyone donates to charity. It’s the adulation I have the issue with. PL footballers are in a very privileged position earning vast amounts of money. Many of them doing fantastic work supporting charitable organisations. But are they being stretched financially? There are many that give to charity and many more so now than at any other time making a real personal sacrifice. In terms of comparatives means I would rather the publicity went to them.
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17-05-2020 09:48 AM #24This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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17-05-2020 10:21 AM #25
I understand where Green Mist is coming from. The first thing I do when I see this sort of story is a quick mental calculation as to what it means to the individual in real/practical terms, more often than not on a very approximate weekly wage comparison.
However, I know that I personally have never given anything approaching a week's wages (or even half) in a lump sum to any good cause - even during periods when I've been relatively flush.
Which is one of the reasons why I'll never post anything negative about these sort of actions. Kane & people like him don't have to do these things. They don't have to take the time to do these things, but some do so good on them.
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17-05-2020 01:31 PM #27This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
You make a fair point.
Proportionally, rich people give a lower % of their wealth to charity than poor people do. Large headline donations obscure this fact, but poorer people make larger sacrifices to help others.
This is not a criticism of Harry Kane, but him forgoing an Aston Martin to join the numerous other cars already in his garage is not really a sacrifice at all. If he still wants one he can just buy it next week instead.
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18-05-2020 03:44 PM #28
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I applaud Kane for his move - obviously - but I don't think that should preclude criticism of the role of capital in funnelling vast amounts of wealth into his and his teammates' pockets. Not even the best, most industrious and productive player in the world earns premiership wages on merit, in a country where people sleep on streets and starve to death. Ironically for the land of the free (market) the Americans have the right idea with the MLS wage cap imho
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