Olympic red card for football

I BELIEVE there are more than enough lucrative football tournaments, and the sport should not be a part of the Olympic Games.

I am sure, however, that it will, and if we must participate, then let it be for players who have never been selected for the country at either under-21 or full international level, and who have actually been born in the country.

There would still be a high level of quality, and surely players like David Beckham et al have received enough glory and financial reward to satisfy their egos. They should stand aside, but the sponsors no doubt would not allow the weak-kneed football governing bodies to sanction such an idea.

Angst over allotments

From: Pat Stewart, North Lodge Lane, Darrington, Pontefract.

WITH reference to your article about the shortage of allotments (Yorkshire Post, June 24) and the waiting list, a second list could be formed by people no longer able to do their own allotments (gardens). It works.

My relation passed away and his wife is not a gardener. A man with little or no garden uses the garden as his allotment. All the fruit and vegetables are his.

My relation’s wife has someone to talk to and fresh flowers, fruit and veg. The garden remains the same.

Killjoy lawyers

From: Ian Smith, Colston Close, Bradford.

I SUGGEST that the answer to Bill Carmichael’s question “Who is responsible for this ridiculously risk-averse culture in the first place?” (Yorkshire Post, June 25) is greedy lawyers and people who blame others rather than accept responsibility.

They are the killjoys.

Bankrupt Clegg

From: Alan Carcas, Cornmill Lane, Liversedge.

NICK Clegg’s proposal to give shares in the nationalised banks to the voters tells us all we need to know about the coalition. The lunatics are in charge of the asylum.