Short-changed by Warner

THe back cover blurb of former UK athletics chairman ed warner’s new book Sport inc (Yellow Jersey Press) reads: ‘in sport, money is everything.’

it certainly was at the launch party of warner’s book, where even those planning to do reviews had to pay the full £17.99 asking price, with the debatable attraction of the author signing it.

warner has written a worthy book about the sports industry, but he has failed to live up to his promise to be forthright about his confrontations with arch-foe lord Coe. instead, he has been highly circuitous in the manner of a politician wanting new gigs.

another grouse is that warner’s 175 ‘programme notes’ crediting his many sources is dominated by broadsheet newspapers, even when Sportsmail was first to reveal that particular item of news.

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