LONDON — Hypocrisy is not as offensive as sexism and fortunately for those guilty of failing to practice what they preach it is not as obvious to the public.
The inevitable firing of Sky Sports pundit Andy Gray and the resignation after a suspension of his sidekick Richard Keys — jumping before he was pushed by common consent — has been front and back page news in England all week, underlining if nothing else the sheer magnitude of the not always beautiful game.
Gray and Keys were in trouble with Sky after making sexist, critical remarks, notably about assistant referee Sian Massey, a rare example of a match official making the news for getting a decision correct. Let the double standards begin . . .
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