Why am I so unimpressed by sportsmen's drinking escapades? Is it just a middle-aged man sneering at modern youth or is there now a really serious binge drinking problem - worse than, say, 30 years ago? asks Peter Williams in the New Zealand Herald.

Maybe if the media scrutiny was tougher then, attitudes might be different now. For years, sports reporting was a mates' business. I broadcast the Test in Christchurch and knew Geoff had tested positive. Never mentioned it on air. Did I suggest why that bowler performed so abysmally at Bloemfontein? No. The reporting of drunken incidents involving top players is now widespread. So it should be. Until there's acceptance from players and fans that heavy drinking by young men in this country is a serious problem, it won't go away.