Rugby seems to have firm belief in its own probity but has been reminded that, like most elite sport, it is a morality free zone
At last, some good news out of the Saracens financial doping scandal, as former England wing Ugo Monye declares rugby union has lost “the moral high ground”. This is an immediate positive in a story not exactly littered with them. That said, we must sound a note of caution, as the phrase “the loss of the moral high ground” implies that one of the other sports has won it. Unless, of course, the moral high ground is lying fallow for a year, which would surely be the best option. Or rather, the second best option, after lying fallow forever.
Modern sport is about as suited to dispensing morality as Michael Jackson ever was. Which, I concede, didn’t ever stop him. But a useful rule of thumb in the sporting money trench is: the bigger the fairytale, the bigger the fakery it’s trying to hide.
Written by Marina Hyde
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jan/22/saracens-scandal-rugby-union-moral-high-ground under the title “Saracens scandal shatters rugby union’s illusion it ever held the moral high ground | Marina Hyde”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
