Whoever made fun of his speech should be ashamed. He sounds fine, in fact similar to many of the things we see on PBS which come from the UK. There should be no shame in a person's accent.

It does seem ridiculous for pro-sports folks to get so much money, but they wouldn't if the fans weren't so willing to pay to see them, so it doesn't seem fair to blame it all on the athletes.

I had no idea who they were when this thread was started. I don't really care and I wish them well. I do care that Mudcat seems to have become a place where folks bitch and complain and malign others.

kat