Disgrace
The word ‘disgrace’ is thrown around so liberally in football it’s lost all meaning. Much like the word ‘awesome’ in America. Everything is awesome in America.
– “Did you see that Felix guy parachute from SPACE?”
– “Yeah, it was awesome, man!”
– “I know, right? Hey, how’s your cheeseburger?”
– “Awesome!”
If everything is awesome, then nothing is awesome. For more on this topic, see the brilliant Louis CK via Zen Pencils.
n
1. a condition of shame, loss of reputation, or dishonour
2. a shameful person, thing, or state of affairs
3. exclusion from confidence or trust he is in disgrace with his father
vb (tr)
1. to bring shame upon; be a discredit to
2. to treat or cause to be treated with disfavour
An hour before kick off they wait on Twitter for the line-up and weekly opportunity to vent their spleens. Player X not in the line-up? It’s a disgrace! Player Y is in the line-up? Well, that’s a disgrace as well. (See also: Tactically Inept)
Everything is a disgrace, so nothing is a disgrace.
Want to know what is really a disgrace in football? Want to know where the bar is really set? Look no further than the World Cup 2022. Now that is a f%@king disgrace, but where’s the outrage? Sure, nobody with any credibility agrees with the World Cup going to Qatar, it’s self-evidently completely batsh%t insane, but compare the backlash to that with the teamsheet news on a Saturday afternoon.
So that’s what this tee is about; reminding ourselves what a disgrace really is… and, at the end of the day, it may well be us for losing sight of what’s really important.