Fair enough, I'm just not sure it justifies being the leading story.
You didn't need to spell it out, I just happen to disagree with your reasoning. If the same thing happened to our chairman, we'd all be devastated - but I wouldn't expect others without the emotional involvement in the club to...
He's high profile in Leicester, certainly, but personally whilst I always knew he was a Thai businessman I still couldn't even tell you what his name was. Sometimes it just feels like newsworthiness is magnified a hundred-fold simply because football is added to the mix.
So when exactly *is* an appropriate time to mention it then?
Anyway, I'm not sure this is really a national news story. If he hadn't owned a football club, it would have been buried in the local pages on the BBC news site. It's sad of course, but all those pictures of scarves and shirts from...