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Charity World Cup

Pay to stop football.
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24 hour charity TV programmes have, in my humble opinion, become very tedious. Despite raising money for good causes, I think they've had their day.

Last night however, I would have taken out a second mortgage if the ref would have blown his whistle at 90 minutes when England were winning 1-0 against France.

I propose that we do away with one minute of extra time per £10 million donated by fans. Obviously only the winning team would wish to donate, but I think we could raise a fortune for charity.

Clearly this goes against the spirit of the game, and the losing team would feel cheated and hard-done-by, but hey... it's only a game.

I can't believe I just said that.

Fishrat, Jun 14 2004

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       I don't have £10 million and I'm not a soccer fan, but there were times when I would have given quite some money to get soccer off the TV, radio and news paper. So, you get a + even if it not for the reason you intended.
kbecker, Jun 14 2004
  

       would all these fans have predicted two french goals in the last few minutes?
po, Jun 14 2004
  

       Doomy gloomy England fans? I think so, yes.
Fishrat, Jun 14 2004
  

       [kbecker]: There's never any soccer on my TV, and the newspapers have plenty of other pages.
angel, Jun 14 2004
  

       Can I bid for more time added, so Zizou could complete his hat-trick?
calum, Jun 14 2004
  

       Take away the football game, and let the charity world cup be decided by which country's supporters donate the most money - a telethon play-off.
DrCurry, Jun 14 2004
  

       Just to let you all know, I am now taking contributions towards the purchase price of a headstone for calum's grave.
DrBob, Jun 14 2004
  
      
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