I find it hard to believe that the TV bosses were angry that the handshake between the two players didn't happen. Arguably, it made for great telly and stoked interest in the game. I get what you say about players acting, and i'm sure not many footballers are particularly precious about being...
Well done to Luis Suarez for not shaking Evra's hand. Shaking hands is a gesture of friendliness and affinity. If he had shaken Evra's hand, it would have been an empty gesture and would have cheapened and twisted the meaning of handshaking. Evra's offer of a handshake was certainly an empty...
It was incredible watching Match of the Day and seeing the pundits give their analysis of whether something was an attempted handshake or not to a repeated slow-motion replay of the pre-match build up. Surreal.