Thatslife
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Post by Thatslife on Feb 15, 2016 22:50:28 GMT
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irishrover
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Post by irishrover on Feb 16, 2016 13:17:04 GMT
Blimey - even Victoria Derbyshire was in on it. How deep does this thing go?......
I find it amusing that David Ginola is now considered a world authority on this by virture of running a joke campaign to be FIFA President.
Football probably needs to be re-organised to empower smaller units. It's easy to say FIFA is this completely corrupt and incompetent institution but in reality it has a very difficult job. Football is not like other sports - it has genuine global reach and the power/finance bases within that are subject to constant change. If someone had said 20 years ago that Qatar would launch a serious World Cup bid and China would outspend the Premier League on transfer fees while turning the South American Leagues into an absolute joke everyone would have said you were on something.
FIFA's structures were desgined in an era when Europe and South America were king in a way to reduce potential conflict between them. It was not designed for a football world in which every continent now wants a big say in the game. There are some bloody big questions to deal with and huge conflicts. Take Africa. European leagues do very well out of Africa - mid-level teams (and those in minor European leagues) take all the best young African players cheaply, many of them already developed and then sell them on for big money. On the ground in Africa though it is the wild west - with agents running around ripping off some of the poorest people on the planet by offering them deals that never materialise and then throwing them on the scrapheap. I've dealt with kids who have had their lives utterly destroyed by that process and it's pretty ugly. Very little of that money goes back into developing infrastructure in the countries of origin and then European associations/clubs that benefit from this arrangement chastise the corruption in African football while turning a blind eye to their role in perpetuating it.
That's a pretty simple problem compared with issues around distribution of resources, cross-national TV markets, development plans and sponsorship rights. Plus you have to deal with the underlying issue that European and South American countries feel they deserve to run the game as a birthright.
What is probably needed is 2 separate organisations. 1 that oversees the competitions and rules of world football - the other that sorts out the money. Combining these functions creates the environment for corruption.
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Bridgeman
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Post by Bridgeman on Feb 16, 2016 21:41:16 GMT
Blimey - even Victoria Derbyshire was in on it. How deep does this thing go?...... I find it amusing that David Ginola is now considered a world authority on this by virture of running a joke campaign to be FIFA President. Football probably needs to be re-organised to empower smaller units. It's easy to say FIFA is this completely corrupt and incompetent institution but in reality it has a very difficult job. Football is not like other sports - it has genuine global reach and the power/finance bases within that are subject to constant change. If someone had said 20 years ago that Qatar would launch a serious World Cup bid and China would outspend the Premier League on transfer fees while turning the South American Leagues into an absolute joke everyone would have said you were on something. FIFA's structures were desgined in an era when Europe and South America were king in a way to reduce potential conflict between them. It was not designed for a football world in which every continent now wants a big say in the game. There are some bloody big questions to deal with and huge conflicts. Take Africa. European leagues do very well out of Africa - mid-level teams (and those in minor European leagues) take all the best young African players cheaply, many of them already developed and then sell them on for big money. On the ground in Africa though it is the wild west - with agents running around ripping off some of the poorest people on the planet by offering them deals that never materialise and then throwing them on the scrapheap. I've dealt with kids who have had their lives utterly destroyed by that process and it's pretty ugly. Very little of that money goes back into developing infrastructure in the countries of origin and then European associations/clubs that benefit from this arrangement chastise the corruption in African football while turning a blind eye to their role in perpetuating it. That's a pretty simple problem compared with issues around distribution of resources, cross-national TV markets, development plans and sponsorship rights. Plus you have to deal with the underlying issue that European and South American countries feel they deserve to run the game as a birthright. What is probably needed is 2 separate organisations. 1 that oversees the competitions and rules of world football - the other that sorts out the money. Combining these functions creates the environment for corruption. Vote Irishrover for FIFA President  |
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irishrover
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Post by irishrover on Feb 17, 2016 10:38:44 GMT
Blimey - even Victoria Derbyshire was in on it. How deep does this thing go?...... I find it amusing that David Ginola is now considered a world authority on this by virture of running a joke campaign to be FIFA President. Football probably needs to be re-organised to empower smaller units. It's easy to say FIFA is this completely corrupt and incompetent institution but in reality it has a very difficult job. Football is not like other sports - it has genuine global reach and the power/finance bases within that are subject to constant change. If someone had said 20 years ago that Qatar would launch a serious World Cup bid and China would outspend the Premier League on transfer fees while turning the South American Leagues into an absolute joke everyone would have said you were on something. FIFA's structures were desgined in an era when Europe and South America were king in a way to reduce potential conflict between them. It was not designed for a football world in which every continent now wants a big say in the game. There are some bloody big questions to deal with and huge conflicts. Take Africa. European leagues do very well out of Africa - mid-level teams (and those in minor European leagues) take all the best young African players cheaply, many of them already developed and then sell them on for big money. On the ground in Africa though it is the wild west - with agents running around ripping off some of the poorest people on the planet by offering them deals that never materialise and then throwing them on the scrapheap. I've dealt with kids who have had their lives utterly destroyed by that process and it's pretty ugly. Very little of that money goes back into developing infrastructure in the countries of origin and then European associations/clubs that benefit from this arrangement chastise the corruption in African football while turning a blind eye to their role in perpetuating it. That's a pretty simple problem compared with issues around distribution of resources, cross-national TV markets, development plans and sponsorship rights. Plus you have to deal with the underlying issue that European and South American countries feel they deserve to run the game as a birthright. What is probably needed is 2 separate organisations. 1 that oversees the competitions and rules of world football - the other that sorts out the money. Combining these functions creates the environment for corruption. Vote Irishrover for FIFA President Ah excellent, you have received the Rolex then...... |
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