KYBear_74
Well-Known Member
Plus centuries of ingrained guilt that can only be absolved by some of the very people doing the damage. They were used to this treatment in their places of worship, stands to reason that they allow it in other areas of life.The sad truth is that these teenagers probably had very few, if any, school qualifications by this time, and little prospect of future employment apart from football, so they and their parents pinned all their hopes on 'making it' as a footballer. Plus, of course, the parents wouldn't want to damage 'the good name of Celtic'.
In their case, football is very much their church and visa versa. Both require blind faith at this point.