Good Idea Or Not?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2276931/Football-match-planned-Flanders-battlefields-mark-centenary-World-War-One-Christmas-truce.html#axzz2KPXE0d8X

What I fail to understand about this is the fact that the Government is talking to the Football Association and the National Children's Football Alliance over this.

Anyone know why the National Children's Football Alliance?

If it does take place surely it has got top be fixed, we can't possibly let the Germans win? :0)

[FredPuli43]

Because the NCFA is a body, lottery funded, which has as its aim the encouragement of children to play soccer and because, specifically, it originated the Christmas Truce Project. This project is to establish a field, near the site of the famous 1915 impromptu match, to be devoted to the use of children playing sport, in the hope and expectation that they will learn and be reminded of the events of the Great War. No bad thing, eh, aog?

[andy-hughes]

because of the Minister's rather sad attempt to sound 'down with the kids' in his response, iam confused.

Does his comment that this is a 'no brainer' mean he thinks it is a good idea, or not a good idea?

Maybe asking our MP's to speak in plain English would be a good stgep as well!

[emmie]

any minister who uses the term it's a no brainer, ought to be taken out the back and given a good pasting..

[anotheoldgit]

em10

/// any minister who uses the term it's a no brainer, ought to be taken out the back and given a good pasting.. ///

That's a bit harsh Em, he is a minister after all and if he doesn't know what a no brainer is who does?

[emmie]

good point, no brains,

[anotheoldgit]

FredPuli43

Thank you Fred for your explanation, I can understand the Lottery connection but I fail to see why children should get involved in the actual suggested recreation of the WW1 football match.

/// This project is to establish a field, near the site of the famous 1915 impromptu match, to be devoted to the use of children playing sport, ///

Regarding the creation of a field near to the actual site, if they want to really create a similarity of the WW1 match they hardly want a 'level playing field'. (please ignore the pun)