“Go and study. This match is useless. People involved are making money, you will get zero in your exams.â€
I would scorn at my mum when she would interrupt me with this during a nail-biting tie, forcing me to abandon what I like. Liked, correction.
Now I realise the truth of it all. Yes, we the fans are the biggest fools, believing everything is hard work and performance. Turns out, not everything is.
We gape, while they rake in the cash.
Millions of dollars exchanging hands, fixing everything from matches, to TV rights to who gets to play host. FIFA has joined this ill-fated league, with several officials being arrested on charges of bribery and corruption.
Sports lost its sanctity. Just like that.