Well Worthy! (Worthington Cup)

Name: man called davis

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Product:	Worthington Cup
Date:	01/08/02 (12 review reads)
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Advantages: Worthy Prize, More Football, Extra Excitement

Disadvantages: Premiership Egos

I've never understood the vitriolic attacks on the 'worth' of the Worthington Cup. What I do understand is that some of the arguments against the value of this competition are incredibly short-sighted. The phrase 'can't see the wood for the trees' springs to mind.

An argument which crops up again and again is that the competition is poor because the top teams don't enter their first choice 11.

The likes of Manchester United and Arsenal routinely send out their youngsters, get soundly beaten by lower division opponents and then trudge home whingeing about the value of the competition. This is the key point.

THE ONLY CLUBS WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE COMPETITION ARE THE ONES WHICH ACTIVELY DEVALUE IT BY SENDING OUT INFERIOR TEAMS!

The Worthington Cup is only deemed a 'worthless' competition by those who conspire to make it such. The other clubs making up the rest of the Football League don't complain. And why should they?

Just as the FA Cup is a route into European competition, so is the Worthington Cup. Where is the lack of value in that? That's incentive enough for the majority of the clubs in the League to take the competition seriously. And most of them do.

In fact, the only reason I'm writing this article at all is because the few top English clubs who don't want to compete properly have managed to send the media into a typcial frenzy.
The 'devalued' competition argument gets all the headlines because clubs like Manchester United and Arsenal have the clout to get the media's attention.
As a result, we have the general population up in arms about the value of the Worthington Cup when in actual fact, the majority of teams in the country are of the opinion that it is a perfectly valuable trophy. This is plainly scandalous.

I for one look forward to the Worthington Cup next season and especially to seeing my team beat a
reserve side fielded by the Premiership's arrogant elite.

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