Football the Beautiful Game? And How About Olymic Swimming?

Football is often referred to as the beautiful game in Britain. When the England team lost yesterday, and had to return home, there were miserable faces across the country. Football is now a multi-million pound industry, with a huge body of fans, yet for all that some of the spirit that used to be associated with football seems to have been lost. The behaviour on the field of certain players certainly causes one to wonder what happened to the beautiful game. Check out this

It's not always the fans or the competitors that are the problem, sometimes it's the organisers of a game or other sport, olympic swimming for instance. Take the case of world class paralympic swimmer Nancy Burpee. She set world records in trials held at Minneapolis,Minnesota but was disqualified by an Australian referree on a procedural technicality in her attempt to participate in the 2004 paralympic games held in Athens, Greece. So she contacted Kevin Simmons a partner at Simons Janace & Staggto act for her against the United States Olympic committee. The firm took the case pro-bono and although Ms Burpee failed in her action she continues her swimming career.