England's football squad have backed away from threats to boycott the game against Turkey on Saturday in the wake of the Rio Ferdinand drugs test affair. I'm not a footie fan, all the same I'm pleased the game will go ahead.
However, I'm perplexed that there should ever have been a threat in the first place. It seems to me that the FA had no choice but to suspend Ferdinand after he failed to show up for a drugs test.
Rio says that he forgot as he was busy moving house, which may well be true. However, unless action is taken regarding this breach of the rules, what's to stop somebody else "forgetting" to attend a test when they really do have something to hide...