- Jul 9, 2007
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Right so thanks to this post I now know you and Sterling are different people. If for Sterling getting that tat is in tribute of such a thing, [and I personally do understand the logic of it] than good for him he can have his tat. Thank god we are not all the same.I dunno, I mean, if a member of my family was stabbed and killed, the last thing I’d do as a ‘tribute’ is to get a knife tattooed on me to remind me of the way they died. It’s similar to me getting a tattoo of Herbert from Family Guy if my son was molested. Yeah he’s explained it and yeah the media are ****s this time of year (and the rest of the year) but he has really brought this one on himself in my opinion. If he’d just said ‘I had a gun tattooed on my leg because my leg was made for shooting’ and didn’t mention the dad thing then it would’ve been more quirky and acceptable for me. But even then, the irony is that shooting is his worst attribute. He scored 18 this season but missed about 627 cos he shoots like a 6 year old with osteoporosis.
I don't think Sterling is asking for attention with this tat, nor do I think he should refuse to do such a thing on fear of media backlash, or accept that as something that might happen. If he should of known that the media would make a fuss is beside the point, he shouldn't even have to consider that, particularly when its such a small thing. Footballers have right to private life as much as anyone else.
The whole thing with the Tattoo is that almost all footballers have tattoos, almost all footballers go out on a night out, almost all footballers spend lots of money and also go to often not expensive shops all of these examples have been weaponised against Sterling. Its a witch hunt at this point incomparable to how the press treats any other player.
This a really young player, some one who broke into the England side as teenager and is not even 24 yet and both in footballing and in personal terms he has been treated in unacceptable way. How must this kind of attention affect a kid, the Sun's treatment of him, and some fans treatment of him is simply unacceptable on a human level.