James slams school sport cuts 23/11/2010 |
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England 2018 bid ambassador David James has criticised the British Government after it announced deep cuts to school sport budgets.
More than £160m of cuts have been made by David Cameron’s coalition Government, just days before the Prime Minister flies out to Zurich for the final lobbying push ahead of 2018 World Cup vote.
“It makes no sense,” the goalkeeper wrote in his column for the Observer newspaper. “David Cameron plans to jet off to Zurich to support England's World Cup bid when his Government are about to cut off all funds to the country's school sports partnerships from next spring.
“Just as with the 2012 Olympics, the buzzword we keep hearing is ‘legacy‘. But if the Government are to cut sports funding at school level, then who will be around to compete in these great facilities?
“The 2018 World Cup is still eight years away. That should be enough time to develop a generation of footballers who could challenge for the honours.
“But it won't happen by itself, and it certainly won't happen if we keep taking sports money away from our kids.”
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