Okay, a great footballer. But how can someone be a 'hero' for being an alcoholic and a wife beater? Whats wrong with the world that we have hero's like this
2006-10-26 00:49:02 · 31 answers · asked by Foxy 1 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ English Football
Mr Anonymous came up with the correct and best answer. Indulge him him the 10 points.
As for Mr Best, the chap's dead, let's forget his failings and celebrate the joys of his life.
2006-10-26 00:57:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 3⤋
Noone's perfect, so he had a drink problem, big deal. He was an absolute footballing genius, I can only imagine that some of the people who don't see him as a hero don't understand or follow football. Noone's said he's a great role model have they, he's a footballing legend, a hero in that sense. The joy he brought to millions of peoples lives with his skill and aptitude for the game is what makes him a hero. Noone's suggesting he's a hero for slapping his Mrs now, are they? And we can all see where his alcoholism took him. Maybe hero's the wrong word anyway, but definitely a legend, and definitely loved by many. And I'm saying this as an avid hater of Man U.
2006-10-26 08:02:30 · answer #2 · answered by punkrockdreadlock 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I couldn't agree more! So what if he was a "genius" on the football pitch?! The fact that he was a horrible person, drink drugs, beating up his wife/gf far outweighs this.
I'm fed up of reading about what a hero he was, when he wasn't.
In this day and age we should not be turning people like this into heros! What message does it send out "it's okay if you are a drunk, wife beater" NO!
He was given a second chance at life with his transplant and he completely abused this by still drinking.
Stop pretending we was something he wasn't. And stop ignoring what he did. No matter how good he was at football this does not excuse that kind of person he was.
It is well recognised now that footballers, past and present, are role models to children, and by turning him into a "Hero" we are giving our children very bad role models.
2006-10-26 08:03:30 · answer #3 · answered by flump 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Very simply because of his genius on a football field.Most HERO's are flawed but GEORGE'S were a bit more public.I'm not sure I'd go as far to say he was a wife beater,but as for the alcoholism,yes that gave him character.It may suprise you, your own hero's, mentors, and people you respect, how many have drinking,drug problems.I like ROBBIE WILLIAMS,but he's not exactly the perfect role model,for the majority of people who buy his music.If you are trying to change the world,so we don't worship people who make mistakes,stop I've said it before UTOPIA does not exist
2006-10-26 08:16:00 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is in no way shape or form a hero!!!! I also am very good at my job, does that make me a hero? and he may have been a fantastic football player but if he had stayed off the booze he could have achived so much more on the pitch.
I feel sorry for the family of the dead persons liver he had and then waisted and i also feel sorry for the person who should have had that liver!
George Best is one of the most vile people i have ever heard of and it makes me sick to think people call him a hero.
2006-10-26 08:06:22 · answer #5 · answered by Jason S 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The hero status was purely a footballing matter. I do not think anything in his private life was in the slightest way heroic. His reliance on alcohol was an illness and he was not strong enough to overcome this despite being given a second chance. It was tragic for all concerned.
2006-10-29 18:18:57 · answer #6 · answered by david c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Best was one of the football greats. In his early days, he could have walked onto any world team. But unfortunately, booze, women and the gee-gees wrecked his mind and so he turned into an arsehole. I do think he was a hero football-wise, but in terms of a role-model, he was a prick! I certainly don't agree with his mug going onto a £5 note. I'll be making sure i get £ coins instead. And i'm from norn iron, and a man u fan!
2006-10-26 12:33:32 · answer #7 · answered by slinky 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you made a good point. george best delighted football fans with his silky skills and success on the pitch. off it he was a train wreck waiting to happen. how can the guy be a true hero when he was given a liver in an attempt to curb his drinking problem- only to abuse it completely, in addition to beating up his then wife? to me that's not heroic, it doesn't make george best a hero whatsoever. subjecting his partner to abuse DOESN'T make him a hero; he's not a hero in my eyes- there are many other sportsmen and women who deserve the accolade of heroes and who have achieved just as much as george best- yet they have avoided following in his footsteps and fall down in the public's eyes. george best stubbornly and selfishly ignored the
doctors orders to lay off the booze and was told that one more drink could kill him- and yet he still continued to drink himself to oblivion regardless. george was a great footballer, but as a human being, he had wasted the opportunity that was given to him. one of the true sporting talents ever to grace the profession- what a shame he'd let down not also his friends and family, but himself as well.
2006-10-26 09:00:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
very true statements people seam to forget he was an alcoholic wife beater and had a second chance at life but spat in the face of the family who donated the liver to him. so hero to me no hero to people yes cus they don't want the truth and they don't like to see the celebrity being hailed as a wife beater alcoholic and total waste of space. in football he was a one of a kind he was a genius poet of football he graced the Field like a ballet star he was the greatest footballer that Ireland have produced but sadly the truth tells a different story of a gambling alcoholic wife beater that totally went off the rails and quit football in his prime and then came back but it was sorry to late for him. I HOLD NO MAL LICE TO MR BEST BECAUSE YOU DID WHAT YOU DID AND YOU PLAYED WITH YOUR DEMONS BUT R.I.P. BESTIE YOU WAS BRILLIANT.
2006-10-26 08:13:32 · answer #9 · answered by JAY JAY 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I totally agree with you and this has caused many debates in our household as my man is from the same area as Bestie, we have even been to his grave for a look. There are so many people in this world have done far greater things than him and go through life unrecognised for their deeds, im well aware he was a Football Great, but that was only for a small percentage of his life, the rest of the time, he was a drunk.
I really dont understand why he's been made such a martyr, (Banknotes indeed) when the same society is very quick to finish the careers of other celebrities for their misdimeanors (ie: John Leslie, Angus Deyton)
2006-10-26 08:05:58 · answer #10 · answered by jaggyjones 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Victim is probably a better word.No one looked after him once the money hungery vultures moved in.Im not saying that his wife beating allegations are to be ignored but the guy was screwed all his life.Its easy for the press to pick people up and then throw them down time after time again without properly explaining their story and taking stuff out of context. Look at Gazza. What a state hes in the poor Bast**d and hes the same with the allegations.
2006-10-26 07:56:51 · answer #11 · answered by aberdeen302004 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋