Alex Peters | Contributing Writer “Won’t somebody please think of the children?” When Helen Lovejoy screams this immortal Simpsons line she is reflecting something that is repeated time and time again whenever an athlete is involved in any kind of socially unacceptable behaviour. Growing up, the idolisation of athletes is often taken for granted. When I was younger the people I looked up to weren’t people of great minds or great deeds, but men who earned a living from kicking a ball around a grassy pitch. The type of person who is somehow worthy of greatness and admiration because they scored a perfect hat-trick against … Continue reading False Idols