Leaders of a ‘disreputable’ game have duty to recalibrate its moral compass

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This season is turning out to be one in which football has had to look hard at itself. The critical question: is the game capable of examining itself? And if so, would changing things make this a defining football season?



I am afraid I have grave doubts.



The reaction to Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba's collapse at White Hart Lane showed that the game has a soul, but much else has happened which indicates that football has a lot to do, both on and off the field, before it can lay any claim to be a moral sport watched and followed by decent people. The two semi-finals in the FA Cup last weekend proved the need for change yet again.