Why Aren't We That Civilized?

04/03/07 08:34 Filed in: Sports

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The English Premier League community is stepping forward to demonstrate how the world of sports (football) developed into a civilized and compassionate population towards social concerns tackling societies today.
Dr. Noreena Hertz, one of the organizers of LIVE8 (a campaign aiding poverty in Africa), created the Mayday for Nurses campaign, which supports nurses in the U.K. Dr. Hertz targets to involve the whole football community to aid nurses who are the worst paid public servants. Footballers are able to shift public support and government attention; therefore, the athletes alongside with coaches and managers will lead the line to donate a day’s salary (May 13th, 2007) to the Royal College of Nursing, who is administrating the funds.
While top footballers earn an average of £100,000 weekly, the average nurse earns about £21,000 a year! Many footballers such as Ryan Giggs, Sir Alex Ferguson, Jermaine Defoe, and David James have already signed up for the campaign. Football spectators had their role also; a league table shows that Manchester United isn’t on top, whereas Wigan Athletic is the team with most donors so far.
Consequently, the goal of the campaign is to illustrate a major crisis facing a society, where football is a lethal weapon of awareness and cure. On the contrary, we not only face a societal crisis in our everyday life, but also we still can’t figure out how to boast a decent sports community, an ambitious football team, or even brag about a serious accomplishment, at least recently.
Visit MaydayForNurses.com for more info and joining civilized communities. Grazie! 


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