Ban them all

The latest in a long line of footballing road abusers, Steven Piennar has been convicted of having almost twice as much alcohol in him as the drink-drive limit sanctions and so has been given a ban. It seems one week or another, a footballer is in trouble for badly driving their car. Think of the list: Cristiano Ronaldo, Jermaine Pennant (twice), Kieron Dyer, etc.. One player was involved in a fatal hit-and-run. Ashley Cole nearly crashed his car after being 'insulted' with a £50,000-a-week offer from his then club Arsenal - I hope that mobile phone was on a hands-free set. And it's not just in Britain. Inter Milan's goalkeeper had panda eyeshadow for the Champions League first-leg tie with Chelsea after totalling his vehicle. What's wrong with these guys? You don't hear about women footballers getting into such scrapes (but then women drivers in general are less prone to accidents). These male hotheads who kick a ball for a living should be banned from driving their own cars until they are, say, 35 when they can keep their testosterone under control instead of being the boy racers they seem incorrigibly to be. I mean they are rich enough to afford chauffeurs in the meantime.