Saving Scottish Football

[CCjag]

It might not save Scottish Football, but if it helps saves one life then it's well worth supporting!

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SAVING SCOTTISH FOOTBALL

 

The head of Supporters Direct Scotland and (more importantly) a Jags fan, Paul Goodwin's second book 'Saving Scottish Football' is now available to buy.

 

This is the first book to take account of the current state of Scottish football since the demise of Glasgow Rangers FC.

 

Paul convened a panel of Scottish Football experts to take stock of the game as it stands and to come up with proposals for its future. There are contributions from highly leading coaches such as Alex Smith, Jocky Scott, Sandy Clark, Davie Hay and Jimmy Calderwood as well as respected pundit Des McKeown.

 

Goodwin and his panel of experts look in detail at issues such as the role of fans in running football clubs, a winter break, a complete restructuring of the system to make football a summer sport, community schemes, the draft system of clubs choosing players, club partnerships, financial controls, ground sharing and other initiatives to form a strategy to save Scottish football.

 

Saving Scottish Football: What We Need to do Next challenges the way football is currently being operated in Scotland. The book confronts some of the biggest issues in the sport and with the help of a panel of experts delivers solutions to how football in Scotland can be improved.

 

The book is a not-for-profit project and all money raised will go towards Prostate Cancer Research.

 

You can purchase the book from here.

 

Journalist Reviews

· Alan Pattullo says Saving Scottish Football is 'a timely & impressive rigorous study

· Graeme MacPherson says of Saving Scottish Football: "Leaving no stone unturned Paul Goodwin’s ideas are innovative":

· Stephen McGowan describes 'Saving Scottish Football' as "Required reading for the powers that be"

 

 

On 4 December 2012 14:33, Paul Goodwin <[email protected]> wrote:

 

 

 

Paul Goodwin

Head of Supporters Direct Scotland

Robert Owen House

89 Bath Street

Glasgow

G2 2EE

Tel : 07702 252519

www.scottishfans.org - now live

This email, and its attachments if any, may be confidential or legally privileged and is intended to be seen only by the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient you should notify the sender and delete the original email and all copies from your computer systems, you should not read copy or use the contents of the email nor disclose it or its existence to anyone else. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and should not be taken as those of Supporters Direct, unless this is specifically stated.

Edited December 10, 2012 by CCjag

[Fearchar]

What a pity to see this discredited (and renamed) "charity" pushing its views here! It has argued vigorously for years that all men should be screened for prostate cancer, despite overwhelming (peer-reviewed, statistically relevant, medical) evidence that this would harm many, many men - rendering them impotent, incontinent and/or depressed to the point of taking their own lives.

 

More and more men are dying with prostate cancer - but they're not dying of it: they're dying of old age, as expected lifespans increase. Prostate cancer is a disease of age - a natural phenomenon.

 

Here's a free explanation of what prostate cancer is and what (not) to do about it:

http://www.cancerwa.asn.au/articles/news-2010-media-releases/new-book-challenges-prostate-cancer-testing

 

The biggest study on testing for prostate cancer ever carried out (on thousands of men in eight countries) came to the conclusion that it resulted in too many men dying and being mutilated, due to false results.

 

"To prevent one prostate-cancer death, 1410 men (or 1068 men who actually underwent screening) would have to be screened, and an additional 48 men would have to be treated." Also, "Overdiagnosis and overtreatment are probably the most important adverse effects of prostate-cancer screening and are vastly more common than in screening for breast, colorectal, or cervical cancer."

(http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0810084#t=articleDiscussion)

[Jaggernaut]

What a pity to see this discredited (and renamed) "charity" pushing its views here! It has argued vigorously for years that all men should be screened for prostate cancer, despite overwhelming (peer-reviewed, statistically relevant, medical) evidence that this would harm many, many men - rendering them impotent, incontinent and/or depressed to the point of taking their own lives.

 

More and more men are dying with prostate cancer - but they're not dying of it: they're dying of old age, as expected lifespans increase. Prostate cancer is a disease of age - a natural phenomenon.

 

Here's a free explanation of what prostate cancer is and what (not) to do about it:

http://www.cancerwa....-cancer-testing

 

The biggest study on testing for prostate cancer ever carried out (on thousands of men in eight countries) came to the conclusion that it resulted in too many men dying and being mutilated, due to false results.

 

"To prevent one prostate-cancer death, 1410 men (or 1068 men who actually underwent screening) would have to be screened, and an additional 48 men would have to be treated." Also, "Overdiagnosis and overtreatment are probably the most important adverse effects of prostate-cancer screening and are vastly more common than in screening for breast, colorectal, or cervical cancer."

(http://www.nejm.org/...ticleDiscussion)

 

Would the fact that the proceeds of the sale of the book are going towards this charity be sufficient reason for you not to buy it?

[Fearchar]

Yes.

[jagfox]

Sounds an interesting read with McNamara contributing a piece. I personally have reservations about the charity in some ways mentioned but I will probably pick it up. I say that with a close family member who has been affected by the condition.