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...head coach and be required to feed back information on training and tactical suggestions to members via a blog. Daish backs the plan, and as Brooks points out, "Liam has never paid any money for a player before, now he might be able to buy one." Former player now BBC pundit Garth Crooks applauds the concept of fan-ownership but is wary of supporters' involvement in team selection, "It seems like great fun but impractical: more fitting for Fantasy Football than the real game...
...wide range of their product. That's why they're equipped to go after the three major areas in which they are under threat: cars, houses and jobs. Look up PropertyNews.com which is the largest property site here, with 11 billion hits per month, more than the BBC--the biggest thing right now in Ireland. It's got 20,000 properties on it. It's the most advanced site of its type, and we bought it yesterday. So we are pursuing the parallel path because we know the region...
...Even if FIFA's proposal is unlikely to pass muster, there's evidence that fans are behind the idea. Manish Bhasin, host of the BBC show Football Focus, says that for many English fans, a dazzling side comprised entirely of local players would be a dream come true. "To have that local connection means a lot to your average English football fan," says Bhasin. Statistics support his assessment; a recent BBC poll commissioned by Football Focus found that 56% of respondents favored quotas...
...selling novel The Kite Runner. Family members of Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada, whose character is raped, fear that the film will expose them to reprisals. In Afghan tribal society, sexual violation--even its portrayal in a fictional movie--can lead to dishonor, ostracism or worse. Mahmidzada's father told the BBC that members of his tribe "may cut my throat, they may kill me, torture me." The filmmakers, he claims, initially said they wouldn't film the rape scene. Producers deny misleading the actor and his family. The offending scene is tastefully portrayed, they say, and crucial to the plot. Still...
...choices. What happens is, of course, that the squeaky wheel continues to get attention. I have a little tool at my house-you should get one-it's called the remote control. You can go from those channels that are showing too much of Anna Nicole Smith to, say, BBC News...