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Sports stars run riot

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. What is it about young sports stars and their inability to handle grog or behave well?

It doesn't seem to matter on what side of the globe they are, a bit of anything other than milk confuses the limited brain cells in their heads and they go feral.

Last week it was AFL players causing an early-morning headache for - of all things - a dry cleaning store owner, when they monstered her and wanted to take other peoples' clothes for themselves.

Those duffers were fined by their club, Carlton, and it would have to be said they're not likely to be automatic selections for the PR award of the year.

Now we discover that some overpaid, overpriced and over inebriated English Premier League soccer players upset shocked Americans who were trying - understandably - to watch the horrendous tragedy unfolding in New York.

The Chelsea players - now why doesn't that come as a surprise - Frank Lampard, Jody Morris, Eidur Gudjohnsen and Jon Terry were rat-arsed in a pub, created mayhem, and when they finally worked out how their feet worked (off a soccer pitch) moseyed on down to a bowling alley to see what more they could do.

There they made complete buffoons of themselves by abusing and insulting the tragedy-stunned Americans. One guy even dropped his daks. Mind you, that small part of his anatomy was probably the most intelligent part of the athlete.

Maybe the Seppos had the wrong TV station on, or perhaps the Chelsea Clowns wanted the very brief package of highlights from their match but, whatever sparked it, the incident did not sit well in Britain.

Newspapers screamed for their heads and the silver-tail club slapped a gentle $190,000 fine on the morons.

Personally, it's not enough.

Now, this has got nothing to do with the fact I loathe Chelsea, but what would be good for football would be for the Americans to drop a couple of smart bombs on Stamford Bridge, home of Chelsea, during a training session.

The world would be a much smarter place.

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