The point about sport being important to the economy is valid but the sports industry, like any industry does not flourish by being taxed. Any business in the EU would do better without corporate tax, the uniform business rate, employer’s contribution to National Insurance, etc. So why are all these taxes applied to fund among other things Androulla Vassiliou’s outrageous salary and that of all her assistants, press officers, etc?

If we did not have to pay for all these unwanted, unproductive and unelected people, we would all have more money in our pockets and access to sporting activities would be cheaper. We might all be able to afford to play Polo!

This would be anathema to the EU of course. How they would hate people making their own choices, showing initiate and leaving the EU with fewer opportunities to ‘known what’s best for us’ and to ‘tell us what to do’.

I do take the point about aspects of sport needing international cooperation but ‘international’ doesn’t just mean the EU. The EU will just be a barrier to actual global cooperation.