Italian Prime Minister Monti suggests suspending football

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti suggested that football should be suspended for two to three years in the wake of the latest match-fixing scandal.

“I’m not making a proposal and even less so a governmental one but it is something that sometimes I wish for as someone who has loved football for many years,” he said during a meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

“Maybe it would benefit the development of our citizens to have a total suspension of this game for two or three years after all that happened these past few days.

“It’s particularly sad when a world, such as sport, that should express high values is guilty of the most reprehensible ones such as treachery, illegality and deceit.”