Computer gaming addiction – football’s silent epidemic

The length of time footballers are spending on these games, often long into the night, is what has made clubs start to take notice. — 123rf.com

LEEDS, England: When you think of addiction, the first things that come to mind are gambling, alcohol and drug abuse.

Footballers down the ages have not been immune to falling into either of those vice’s grips – some of the best players to have ever graced the pitch, George Best, Diego Maradona and Paul Gascoigne to name but a few.