YOU ARE WRONG CAMPBELL, AND BBC TOO

It is rather a common knowledge all over the world that Olympic Games, World Cup in Football (or in soccer, if you are from North America) and European Championships in Football are the three biggest sporting events on the planet. Each of them takes place at four year intervals. Currently, European Championships, known as Euro 2012 are being hosted by Poland and Ukraine. These two countries put years of preparations into staging the event, built or renovated stadiums, airports, hotels, highways, etc. Poland, the economic tiger of Europe, a member of NATO and of European Union, known as the only country in Europe which did not have recession in recent years, managed quite well its preparations and there was never any doubt regarding its ability to stage the event. Ukraine though, a poor country in comparison even to Poland, had major problems, which eventually were overcome. Obviously, Ukraine's infrastructure and hotel base is not on par with that of Poland, yet they managed to finish their preparations on time. However, some image problems started when BBC Panorama aired a so called documentary under scary title "Stadiums of Hate". In my previous pieces ("Decline of BBC Empire" and "Threat of Racism Looms Over Euro 2012, Pursuant To Certain Media, That Is") on this blog, I have written about BBC manipulation and doctoring of facts in order to show Poland and Ukraine as racist and antisemitic countries. On BBC's wagon soon jumped former English retired football player, Sol Campbell (played among others for Tottenham, Arsenal and Newcastle), who warned those who would want to travel to Euro 2012 that they might come back in a coffin. Soon after Campbell's ridiculous warnings, some of the English players stated, on Twitter and other social media, that their families would not travel to Euro 2012, apparently following Sol Campbell's advice. All of this made headlines of the world media for weeks. Well, BBC, Sol Campbell and all other united bigots of the world, please be advised that Euro 2012 has been a tremendous success,  on both levels, sporting as well as organizational. UEFA just gave high marks to Poland and Ukraine for hosting the event and for exceptionally warm atmosphere surrounding the fans from all over Europe and the world (notwithstanding Polish-Russian brawls on the way to the game between Poland and Russia, which had nothing to do with racism or antisemitism but everything with Russia's and former Soviet Union repression of Poland in last 250 years). UEFA stated that it would be very diffcult for the Euro hosts in the future to best the high marks achieved by Poland and Ukraine. Well, Mr. Sol Campbell, it is not so easy to lead your life in the real world as it was on a football pitch. Perhaps next time, before opening your mouth you would like to think over what you want to say. Apparently, English Football Association is considering a lawsuit against BBC (and perhaps Sol Campbell) for scaring away English fans from giving support to English national football team in their matches played in Ukraine. There is more to it as the football fans from all Fan Zones in cities across Poland and Ukraine, will stage a protest on the final day of Euro 2012, prior to the championship game between Spain and Italy. At the gates to each of the Fan Zones, coffins will be set up to which every visitor is welcome to put in a message, either to Sol Campbell or BBC. Then, the coffins are to be sealed and sent out to BBC and Sol Campbell in their "safe" from racism United Kindom (Perhaps Sol Campbell should give advise to John Terry, his compatriot footballer, charged with criminal charges of racism, stemming from his treatment of Anton Ferdinand, during one of English Premier League footbal games). Imagine the faces of poor Sol Campbell and BBC Panorama chaps, when they open their packages. Precious!
The protest apparently was organized by www.facebook.com/YouAreWrongCampbell

Janusz Andrzejewski, a New York based attorney, writes on the legal as well as community important subjects. You can contact him by telephone (732-527-2195) or through his website www.adwokatandrzejewski.com