Fan riots are a problem of the society, says Watzke - Goal.com

Borussia Dortmund president Hans-Joachim Watzke has stated that football riots are a problem of society and called upon politicians to act.

According to German police statistics, acts of violence by fans in the country have raised by 120 per cent during the last 12 years, but the CEO disagrees with part of the public who are prompting clubs to solely take responsibility for the incidents.

"The issue is not within football itself," the 53-year-old told Sky Sport News, adding: "It is a society problem. There are more injuries [occurring due to riots] at Oktoberfest."

"Pyrotechnics are an absolute no-go, because they are simply too dangerous. That is a fact. We are constantly in controversial and constructive discussions with our fans. We try to convince our fans."

He then took the time to reflect on Dortmund's development in the league and commented on the Bundesliga title holders' goals for the season.

"We are satisfied with the draw [against Bayern Munich], because we showed that we can keep up with them," he explained.

"However, we should not just talk about Dortmund and Munich. Bayern lost two points of their lead over Bayer Leverkusen. The league is not completely lacking tension."

Source: http://www.goal.com/en/news/15/germany/2012/12/07/3585661/fan-riots-a-problem-of-society-says-watzke

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Column: Will Messi get to finish his masterpiece?

By JOHN LEICESTER

AP Sports Columnist

Associated Press Sports

updated 11:04 a.m. ET Dec. 6, 2012

Art snobs must forgive the analogy, but when Lionel Messi collapsed in pain and fear on the Camp Nou turf clutching the back of his priceless left knee, it felt for a moment as though Leonardo da Vinci had mangled his painting hand just as he was about to apply the final brushstrokes to the Mona Lisa.

Imagine her unfinished, waiting forever for Leonardo to give her that pursed, so famously enigmatic smile. Equally gruesome would be if Messi falls just short of completing his own masterpiece - of setting a new record for goals scored in a calendar year.

Messi has 84 for his club, Barcelona, and country, Argentina, in 2012, an otherworldly achievement but still not the record. That, for the next few days or weeks at least, belongs to Gerd Mueller, the Bayern Munich and Germany striker who was nicknamed "Der Bomber" with his stocky, power-lifter's build and explosive shots with both feet. In 1972, the same year he also lifted West Germany to victory over the Soviet Union with two goals in the final of the European Championship, Mueller scored 85 times in just 60 matches. Astounding.

That the record has stood for 40 years, untouched by successive generations of brilliant scorers such as Diego Maradona or Brazil's Ronaldo, is a measure of how special Mueller was and Messi is to get so close to breaking that mark.

So it made total sense that Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova brought on Messi for 30 minutes in the Champions League on Wednesday night, even though he really didn't need him.

With four wins in Group G, Barcelona could have lost this last game against Benfica and still have comfortably gone through to the knockout stage of the competition that begins in February.

As he did for Andres Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez and his other first-choice players who watched from their seats, Vilanova could have given Messi a rare night off, saved his most valuable star for more vital encounters and avoided the unnecessary risk of injuring him in a game of such little import that four of Barca's starting XI were B-team, not first team, players.

But Messi, football addict that he is, hates sitting games out. And, although he's only 25 and the best footballer of his generation, perhaps any generation, even Messi cannot be sure he will get this close again to Mueller's mark.

So, of course, he had to come on. He owed it to his sport as much as to himself. The buzz, cheers and applause from the Camp Nou crowd when Messi slapped hands with Rafinha, the 19-year-old B-teamer he replaced on 58 minutes, and ran onto the pitch, showed how thrilled his fans were at the prospect of witnessing Barcelona's all-time leading scorer write yet another page of football history.

The sickly hush and the way Vilanova chewed his thumbnail 28 minutes later told a story, too.

There are few grimmer sights in football than Messi being gingerly helped onto a stretcher and carted away. Not just because football would be poorer if it lost this treasure for any extended period of time but also because there's always that nagging concern with Messi that he is only a bad tackle away from serious injury, because of his slight build and because he's so quick and skillful that some lesser opponents have no other answer than to hack him down.

Like Luisao. Messi had been on the pitch for just 49 seconds when the Benfica captain and defender upended him, with one of those calculated fouls cynical professional footballers are so expert at, chopping legs and then trying to shaking hands. Referee Svein Oddvar Moen from Norway knew better, whipping out a yellow card for the Brazilian.

Barca captain Carles Puyol, always so protective of Messi, gave Luisao a piece of his mind. But Messi, as is his wont, just picked himself up without fuss. He needed growth hormones as a youngster to get to the 5-foot-5 (169 centimeters) he is now. He's generally smaller than the players who clatter into him but he doesn't give them the satisfaction of knowing they've stung.

Which is why it immediately seemed serious when Messi didn't get up after coming together with Benfica's goalkeeper, Artur, another Brazilian. Messi, to his credit, generally doesn't do the whole rigmarole of rolling around in agony like other players, including some of his teammates. So many feared the worst this time as he lay on the ground, hiding his face with gloved hands.

Messi grimaced with the impact of running at speed into Artur with the ball at his feet. He could have gone down right there. Many other players would have. But Messi stayed upright, took a few more steps, swiveled and shot at goal with his aching left leg before collapsing in a heap. Even though he was hurting, he couldn't, wouldn't, waste a chance to score, to match Muller's record. As it turned out, Artur saved Messi's lob.

"I sincerely thought it was the last ball I would be touching for a long time because of the pain. I tried to go ahead and shoot but I didn't have the strength," Messi said.

Vilanova said he had no regrets and that it wasn't the Barca way to molly-coddle its superstar.

"He's a player that likes to play," he said. "He's not focused on breaking the record that everyone is talking about."

"If I had a do-over I'd make the same decision, seeing that he can get injured at any moment."

The diagnosis for Messi was reassuring: bone bruising to the outside of his left knee. Barca said he did gym work Thursday. Messi had injuries earlier in his Barca career, notably left out of the team that won the 2006 Champions League final, because of a thigh injury. But more recently he has been remarkably durable - one reason why he has moved so close to Mueller's record. Barca said Messi hasn't missed a game with injury since Sept. 2010, when Atletico Madrid defender Tomas Ujfalusi crunched his ankle in a tackle, damaging ligaments.

Messi has four more games in 2012 to overtake Mueller - or less if he doesn't recover for Barca's league trip Sunday night to Betis.

"It is not an obsession. If it happens, it will happen when it does," Messi said Thursday. "It would be nice to reach a record that has been there for such a long time. But it is not something that worries me. If I don't make it, no problem, but I am very close."

He may never be closer.

Like Leonardo, he needs to put a smile on his Mona Lisa.

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John Leicester is an international sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jleicester(at)ap.org or follow him at http://twitter.com/johnleicester

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Record Greek jobless rate highest in euro zone in September

ATHENS (Reuters) - Unemployment in Greece climbed to a new record of 26 percent in September, topping that of Spain to become the highest in the euro area, data by Greece's statistics service ELSTAT showed on Thursday.

Greece's jobless rate has almost tripled since it started climbing in September 2009, driven higher by the global financial crisis and then by severe austerity policies imposed by the bailed-out country's international lenders.

Unemployment is more than double the euro zone average of 11.6 percent, edging past the rate in struggling Spain, which was 25.8 percent in September, according to data from European statistics agency Eurostat. Greece's jobless rate climbed from a revised 25.3 percent in August.

The Greek economy is now in its fifth year of recession and is expected to have shrunk by almost a quarter before recovery begins in 2014, according to the country's central bank.

This has taken its toll on the labor market, especially for the young. Unemployment among those aged 15-24 stood at 56 percent in September, compared with 22 percent in the same month four years ago.

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Question Of The Day: When Financing A Car, What Information ...

Your personal information is valuable.

When I liquidated vehicles for Capital One, we?typically examined over 14,000 variables before lending out our money to a customer.

Any customer. A credit card. An automobile. A commercial loan. It didn?t matter.?We needed to get to know the economics of you first.

All of the low rates and?big profits were dependent on?buying your personal information, and then crafting decision models and metrics to determine your personal risk.

Our success in auto finance generated low rates for our customers?and low delinquencies for our investors. But they both could have been far lower.

There is a line of demarcation between what is private, and what is public.

Your?payment history? Public for the?most part. There are those landlords, small money lenders?and car lots that don?t report your credit history. But most utilities, credit cards, mortgage companies, and auto finance companies do so on a regular basis.

It?s a trade. You get money. They?get the opportunity for a profit. Along with the right to buy and sell the resources needed to make?sound future decisions.

Even the low tech version of a customer?s credit history work fairly well. Pay stubs, utility bills, bank statements, references, and recent?housing information are typically used?by car dealers to determine your eligibility.

So are criminal histories.?In certain areas of this country you can?type in a person?s name?, state of residence, and the word ?mugshot? or ?arrested?. Or even access?a state information database that records prison histories.

Lo and behold, you may see a familiar face staring right back at you.

All of these things are publicly available. But what about a few of the private things? Should they be fair game too?

If you were financing a car?to a complete stranger, wouldn?t you want to know their recent accident?history? Or the number of times over the last few years that?their insurance was dropped due to non-payment of their premium?

I had three customers who wrecked their cars so far this year. Thankfully, they all kept paying on their full coverage insurance with a $500 deductible. That?alone made?a $13,000 difference to my bottom line.

A credit union that had the means to examine this behavior?could make a lot of better decisions for their members.

A lot of insurance companies these days levy their premiums based, in part, on a customer?s age.

I am not convinced if that is always a fair way to measure risk.

That rare young adult?who has managed to find a stable good paying job.?Or that student who has earned a free ride to?school and kept their GPA on the high end.?I think they are far more responsible and creditworthy than that fifty year old who has consistently?wrecked cars and dropped their insurance.

So where should that line be?

Should?certain?resources?that are now publicly available?become private?

Should other things that are only available upon a special request, become just as accessible as your credit report?

It?s a tough question. Ponder it.

Source: http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/12/question-of-the-day-when-financing-a-car-what-information-should-be-fair-game/

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