FIFA's President, The US Leader and this Pursuit for Peace: An Association Football Approach
'THIS-ISM … THAT-ISM …'
After María Corina Machado won the latest Nobel Peace Prize for her "persistent efforts promoting democratic rights", the American president responded with exactly the kind of Maga-nanimous behavior you would expect. Having persistently managed a push of personal advancement to ensure he was the recipient, the leader immediately took acknowledgment for the Venezuelan activist's achievement, enumerated his own personally declared and regularly questionable accomplishments in the area of global peacemaking and attacked the credibility of the selection panel who made the decision not to present the recognition, financial compensation and certificate to him.
While safety issues suggest it remains to be seen if the recently honored peace prize winner will appear from concealment to pick up her honor personally at the Oslo ceremony in the final month, a particular excessively flattering soccer organization chief looks determined on appropriating her thunder regardless. Certainly, the FIFA president has opted to award a peace prize of his personal invention in facing an international television viewership of numerous international football fans earlier that week in the US city.
An individual who has over many years advocated the importance of preserving politics separate from football, specifically when they're the sort of ideological stances he deems uncomfortable or simply disapproves of, the organization's head used his stage at the American corporate gathering in the coastal metropolis to advocate his position about the ability of football to bring together individuals of every color and creed, especially those who have extra $5,000-plus available to purchase dynamically priced Global Soccer Tournament admissions.
"Within a progressively unsettled and fragmented global community, it's fundamental to recognize the outstanding work of individuals who work hard to end disputes and bring people together in a spirit of harmony", he announced. "Soccer symbolizes unity and representing the complete sports family, the FIFA Harmony Award – Soccer Connects Globally will honor the significant work of these people who bring together individuals, offering hope for coming years."
But which individual could he indicate? Although the FIFA president was prudent not to give clear signals concerning the identity of the inaugural award's selected honoree, he did segue into an almost certainly unrelated and flattering tribute to his current Personal Ally (Or At Least Until August Next Year), Trump. His comments undoubtedly had the planned result. Internationally, the most skeptical of observers were joined in stating they understood exactly who would be winning the Simulated Unity Honor, with certain individuals even progressing to state totally unsupported allegations that the judicially determined and cheating-at-golf person under consideration might even have forced the FIFA head to create it just to compensate for the leader's sense of grievance at not obtaining the genuine honor.
As credible a situation as it appears, Football Daily begs to differ, particularly since in the past few months the progressively ridiculous soccer administrator has burrowed his way so far up Trump's digestive tract that it's quite possible this recent scheme was in fact his own idea.
And while it's reasonable to suppose it stays beyond the administrator's constrained creativity to present the ultimate surprise by giving the initial (and potentially concluding) harmony award to Greta Thunberg, the Ukrainian leader or that member of the soccer club's training personnel who stepped between Ademola Lookman and the coach to avoid an unedifying major tournament touchline flare-up, it's possible to wish the English defender and his Chelsea teammates are invited along to the capital in full kit to perform a retaliatory takeover of Trump's presentation ceremony.
That particular golden unflushable-turd-on-a-plinth, or whatever other comparably suitable bauble Infantino decides to present the US leader for his services to international unity and unity, would adequately compensate for the winner's medal he famously took and retained during the global team tournament presentation ceremony.
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