Comments on: Gareth Southgate Says No to Nurses: Hero or Villain? http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/gareth-southgate-says-no-to-nurses-hero-or-villain.html League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:09:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: tomsharp http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/gareth-southgate-says-no-to-nurses-hero-or-villain.html#comment-67866 tomsharp Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:00:49 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/gareth-southgate-says-no-to-nurses-hero-or-villain.html#comment-67866 The thing with naming and shaming Middlesbrough, effectively leading to the newspapers calling us the 'scum of the North', is that it was unnecessary. OK, so each player didn't say, heres 1 days wages, but the club did make a donation as a whole, probably equal to most of a days wages for each player. Thats the fact most missed, we were giving money, just not glorifying it, which is as bad and the same as blackmail. The thing with naming and shaming Middlesbrough, effectively leading to the newspapers calling us the ’scum of the North’, is that it was unnecessary. OK, so each player didn’t say, heres 1 days wages, but the club did make a donation as a whole, probably equal to most of a days wages for each player.

Thats the fact most missed, we were giving money, just not glorifying it, which is as bad and the same as blackmail.

]]> By: Diane http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/gareth-southgate-says-no-to-nurses-hero-or-villain.html#comment-67695 Diane Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:22:29 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/gareth-southgate-says-no-to-nurses-hero-or-villain.html#comment-67695 If the campaign needed to use the players names to give recognized faces (and highly publicized salaries) to the comparison, they could just have asked. Those could have been used along with the number of other players from each club. BTW, when the list first came out, us non-Chelsea fans were happy enough to sneer about their players' lack of generosity--but this new list points out that the club made a donation as a whole. In grudging fairness ;-) , it would have been a bit more respectful to have that noted from the outset. Whatever, best luck to the nurses, whether one of their organizers was a bit out of bounds or not. If the campaign needed to use the players names to give recognized faces (and highly publicized salaries) to the comparison, they could just have asked. Those could have been used along with the number of other players from each club.

BTW, when the list first came out, us non-Chelsea fans were happy enough to sneer about their players’ lack of generosity–but this new list points out that the club made a donation as a whole. In grudging fairness ;-) , it would have been a bit more respectful to have that noted from the outset.

Whatever, best luck to the nurses, whether one of their organizers was a bit out of bounds or not.

]]> By: aja http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/gareth-southgate-says-no-to-nurses-hero-or-villain.html#comment-67654 aja Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:01:01 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/gareth-southgate-says-no-to-nurses-hero-or-villain.html#comment-67654 i work as a fundraiser at a not-for-profit in nyc, and here, at least, it's standard practice to publicize the names of donors unless they specifically ask not to be identified. i work as a fundraiser at a not-for-profit in nyc, and here, at least, it’s standard practice to publicize the names of donors unless they specifically ask not to be identified.

]]> By: joejoejoe http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/gareth-southgate-says-no-to-nurses-hero-or-villain.html#comment-67540 joejoejoe Sun, 14 Oct 2007 01:12:10 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/gareth-southgate-says-no-to-nurses-hero-or-villain.html#comment-67540 It's an effective public campaign by the nurses. Nobody is forcing any player to donate. If player X said "I give only to poverty groups" or "I spend all my money on hookers and gin" both are acceptable responses. To say it's too much pressure by the nurses is weak. Too much pressure how? The entire point of the campaign is to raise awareness and funds and from that perspective it's a huge success. It’s an effective public campaign by the nurses. Nobody is forcing any player to donate. If player X said “I give only to poverty groups” or “I spend all my money on hookers and gin” both are acceptable responses. To say it’s too much pressure by the nurses is weak. Too much pressure how? The entire point of the campaign is to raise awareness and funds and from that perspective it’s a huge success.

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