Comments on: The Sweeper: Garry Cook and The Football Business http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/12/23/the-sweeper-garry-cook-and-the-football-business/ A soccer blog featuring essays, news and photography exploring soccer around the world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Flanagan http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/12/23/the-sweeper-garry-cook-and-the-football-business/comment-page-1/#comment-17740 Flanagan Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:45:34 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=5853#comment-17740 Also, us using the term "business world" is us purporting that there is a world that exists outside of the business world. This "world," including every culture/economy that comprises it, is business. Unfortunately. Sartre would say....Baudrillard....Quick, ugh, someone use a curse word!!! Anyway, I bet Tom loves it when people from the "business world" spend their time at work commenting on his site. Also, us using the term “business world” is us purporting that there is a world that exists outside of the business world.

This “world,” including every culture/economy that comprises it, is business. Unfortunately.

Sartre would say….Baudrillard….Quick, ugh, someone use a curse word!!!

Anyway, I bet Tom loves it when people from the “business world” spend their time at work commenting on his site.

]]> By: Fake Sigi http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/12/23/the-sweeper-garry-cook-and-the-football-business/comment-page-1/#comment-17731 Fake Sigi Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:29:52 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=5853#comment-17731 There is a bit of irony in my being annoyed by a fake band, isn't there? Of course, I'd argue that fakeness used as a platform for satire and critical analysis serves a different purpose than vaguely defined fakeness that exists to make a tv broadcast seem like more of an event. Of course, like Dan pointed out, we're both advertising a for profit event, so who cares? There is a bit of irony in my being annoyed by a fake band, isn’t there? Of course, I’d argue that fakeness used as a platform for satire and critical analysis serves a different purpose than vaguely defined fakeness that exists to make a tv broadcast seem like more of an event. Of course, like Dan pointed out, we’re both advertising a for profit event, so who cares?

]]> By: Tom Dunmore http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/12/23/the-sweeper-garry-cook-and-the-football-business/comment-page-1/#comment-17728 Tom Dunmore Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:40:29 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=5853#comment-17728 Adam S. -- agreed. Not that I'd be one to say how the business world works myself, but it seems the term is overused by sports writers to explain a supposed reality a normal fan just wouldn't understand. Adam S. — agreed. Not that I’d be one to say how the business world works myself, but it seems the term is overused by sports writers to explain a supposed reality a normal fan just wouldn’t understand.

]]> By: Adam S. http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/12/23/the-sweeper-garry-cook-and-the-football-business/comment-page-1/#comment-17727 Adam S. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:24:54 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=5853#comment-17727 I love it when sports columnists inform me about how the business world really works. I love it when sports columnists inform me about how the business world really works.

]]> By: Jeff http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/12/23/the-sweeper-garry-cook-and-the-football-business/comment-page-1/#comment-17726 Jeff Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:21:25 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=5853#comment-17726 Wonder what Mark Hughes is going to be doing for work now... I know a little club in Washington, D.C, that could use a good manager... Wonder what Mark Hughes is going to be doing for work now… I know a little club in Washington, D.C, that could use a good manager…

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