If I had had to serve National Service (I was in the Royal Navy anyway until a motorbike accident) I would be totally pissed off if someone got to forego it because his profession was a sportsman whilst I was (for example) an electrician. There has to be equality not elitism.
Let's not forget Napoli won their opening two games and even against Sampdoria they edged possession and had 18 (4) shots to Sampdoria's 9 (3), with Sampdoria scoring two worldies. Sometimes it just goes against you regardless.
As an individual sporting star/sensation, the person is likely to affect the economy far more than an electrician or most other jobs. I'm not talking about tax on earnings but more the media coverage which leads to massive view rates during competition, which leads to sponsorship, also leading to infrastructure development for said sports, employment through that, the effects that will have, etc.
All irrelevant in my mind. Should we give breaks to people based on how much tax they earn for the Govt. ? Not in my book, that's not equality it's elitism and a kop out (and I'm not au fait with Chinese military service other than knowing there's no national service here, it's a career choice).
Well yeah, better economy = better conditions for those that work in the military.
