trece verde
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Just talked to Daemonspawn #1 who was at the Britannia clinic.
Zizou did actually show up (apparently wearing the same blue leather jacket, and a pair of extremely shiny black non-soccer shoes). Quote: "can't say I was disappointed, because I was kind of expecting it. Really, we only got to see the back of his head for a couple of minutes while he was surrounded by a scrum of reporters and paparazzi. Only a couple of the kids were lucky enough to get autographs from him, and then he left."
"None of the kids were given tickets like they were promised. They kept telling us to go and buy them at Swangard, for $50, like they were a great deal."
Looks like ghouse is spot-on. The deal for these kids was supposed to be a Zizou-sponsored soccer clinic for 100 underprivileged east-side children, with a chance to meet (and supposedly play with) the star, and then be treated to free tix to the big game. The bigshot promoter is losing his shirt so badly that they're reneging on promises to kids now. Real classy...
Feel sorry for the man who has now lost his reputation as an ambassador for the sport, but sorrier now for the kids who have been let down. As one of my co-workers just said: "if he really wanted to salvage something from this, he'd have ditched the promoter and reporters and just gone and spent time with the kids." Gotta say that I agree with her.
Trece
Zizou did actually show up (apparently wearing the same blue leather jacket, and a pair of extremely shiny black non-soccer shoes). Quote: "can't say I was disappointed, because I was kind of expecting it. Really, we only got to see the back of his head for a couple of minutes while he was surrounded by a scrum of reporters and paparazzi. Only a couple of the kids were lucky enough to get autographs from him, and then he left."
"None of the kids were given tickets like they were promised. They kept telling us to go and buy them at Swangard, for $50, like they were a great deal."
Looks like ghouse is spot-on. The deal for these kids was supposed to be a Zizou-sponsored soccer clinic for 100 underprivileged east-side children, with a chance to meet (and supposedly play with) the star, and then be treated to free tix to the big game. The bigshot promoter is losing his shirt so badly that they're reneging on promises to kids now. Real classy...
Feel sorry for the man who has now lost his reputation as an ambassador for the sport, but sorrier now for the kids who have been let down. As one of my co-workers just said: "if he really wanted to salvage something from this, he'd have ditched the promoter and reporters and just gone and spent time with the kids." Gotta say that I agree with her.
Trece