TFC~Vatreni
04-08-2009, 10:43 AM
Undeserved Scrutiny
After surviving the 70km/h biting winds off Lake Ontario and a heavy heart from the 2-0 defeat at the home opener, Sunday morning was going to prove difficult enough to crawl out of bed. But then to be greeted with the shocking discovery in one local daily, penned by the city's most famous doom merchant, that the club I love was on the cusp of a "ticking time bomb" was enough to go back under the covers. Not out of fear, I mind you, but rather from the overambitious absurdity of how an individual can turn an inch into a mile despite the absence of substance.
Several times I have written on the traditional media's ignorance of soccer, particularly because it is not considered "big" by the commercial standards of North America - which themselves are now in question. But suddenly soccer had become the focus for this local sports coroner not because he saw the positive start to Toronto's third season with 4 points on the road before coming home. But he was out patrolling the grounds hoping to find villains and catch them in the act of "hooliganism" to garner headlines.
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After surviving the 70km/h biting winds off Lake Ontario and a heavy heart from the 2-0 defeat at the home opener, Sunday morning was going to prove difficult enough to crawl out of bed. But then to be greeted with the shocking discovery in one local daily, penned by the city's most famous doom merchant, that the club I love was on the cusp of a "ticking time bomb" was enough to go back under the covers. Not out of fear, I mind you, but rather from the overambitious absurdity of how an individual can turn an inch into a mile despite the absence of substance.
Several times I have written on the traditional media's ignorance of soccer, particularly because it is not considered "big" by the commercial standards of North America - which themselves are now in question. But suddenly soccer had become the focus for this local sports coroner not because he saw the positive start to Toronto's third season with 4 points on the road before coming home. But he was out patrolling the grounds hoping to find villains and catch them in the act of "hooliganism" to garner headlines.
READ MORE (http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/t280/fans/blogs/kick_about/)