Jack Warner says he considered and declined legal action in his flamboyant and theatrical press conference today but as someone very familiar with legal action, if you threaten it you have no case.
For all his semantics and linguistic gymnastics the bottomline still shakes unsteady under his feet.
Eventually I'll get to the news conference and the accusations and allegations but what concerns me this evening is Anil Roberts' role in this journalistic fiasco.
There he was, at the media conference giving aid and comfort to the FIFA Vice President. I am not aware of his role but I assume it was as a part-time journalist.
If so, what the hell was he doing?
Roberts threw statements at Warner to complete, asked leading questions to prompt the Vice President, and engaged, or rather conferred ridicule on a practicing journalist.
Not content with that he hastened to the Power102 FM studios to add more contempt and scorn to the Express writer, but, with the willing participation of Sprangalang and the increasingly foolish, Chris.
Why I ask myself?
Is a trip to Germany the prize for Roberts?
I doubt it, this is a chap who can afford the month long trek and even if he could not, is so well connected sponsors would queue to send him there. Not only that he is well traveled as a coach so a trip to Germany is no feather in his cap.
No readers, it appears Roberts behave this way because Roberts loves the spotlight. No fault in that, but is really necessary to cast a shadow on others to hog the limelight?
Laterz. Tomorrow I will examine Warner's performance.
I'm reading this four years later and marveling at the fact that now Warner has the media so scared with his threats of legal action that they won't even publish the new WC2010 allegations.