FIFA's President, Trump and this Quest for Global Harmony: A FIFA-Style Initiative
'VARIOUS IDEOLOGIES … DIFFERENT APPROACHES …'
Following the Venezuelan opposition leader was awarded the latest Nobel Peace Prize for her "persistent campaigning advocating for civil liberties", Donald Trump responded displaying exactly the type of magnanimous behavior you would expect. Having persistently managed a push of self-aggrandizement to ensure he received the honor personally, the leader promptly took credit for the Venezuelan political figure's achievement, listed his own self-announced and frequently questionable achievements in the field of world conflict resolution and challenged the legitimacy of the awarding body who determined not to present the honor, cash prize and document to him.
Although security concerns indicate it has yet to be determined if the recently honored Nobel laureate will appear from hiding to receive her honor personally at the Scandinavian presentation in December, an especially obsequious Fifa president seems intent on taking her spotlight anyway. Certainly, the football administrator has chosen to award a peace prize of his personal invention in facing a worldwide broadcast audience of numerous global soccer enthusiasts in the preceding days in Washington.
An individual who has throughout numerous seasons advocated the value of maintaining politics separate from soccer, especially when they are the kind of politics he considers awkward or just disapproves of, the organization's head employed his platform at the America Business Forum in the coastal metropolis to advocate his position about the ability of the beautiful game to connect individuals of diverse ethnicities and creed, particularly those who have extra significant financial resources accessible to acquire dynamically priced International Football Championship tickets.
"In a growingly unsettled and divided international society, it's crucial to acknowledge the outstanding contribution of those who strive earnestly to end disputes and bring people together in an attitude of harmony", he declared. "Football stands for peace and acting for the complete sports family, the Football Unity Honor – The Game Brings Together will recognize the significant efforts of such persons who connect communities, offering hope for tomorrow's world."
But who could he mean? Although Infantino was prudent not to give clear signals about the individual of the initial prize's fortunate winner, he went on to segue into an almost certainly distinct and obsequious recognition to his present Best Friend Forever (Or In The Short Term), the American leader. His words undoubtedly had the desired effect. Globally, the most doubtful of observers were joined in stating they recognized exactly who would be receiving the Simulated Unity Honor, with certain individuals even progressing to make completely unfounded allegations that the judicially determined and sports rule-breaking man-baby in question might potentially compelled the organization leader to invent the honor simply to compensate for the chief executive's feeling of injustice at not obtaining the genuine honor.
As credible a scenario as it appears, Football Daily disagrees, if only because in the past few months the growingly preposterous football official has worked his path so far up Trump's digestive tract that it's quite possible this new wheeze was in fact his original concept.
And even though it's reasonable to suppose it stays beyond the president's restricted imagination to throw the most unexpected development by handing Fifa's first (and potentially concluding) ever PPP to the environmental campaigner, the Ukrainian leader or that member of Atalanta's coaching staff who stepped between the footballer and the manager to stop an unpleasant major tournament sideline confrontation, one might desire the Chelsea player and his club colleagues are asked to attend to the city wearing uniforms to perform a revenge-hijack of the leader's award event.
That golden questionable trophy, or whichever additional similarly appropriate bauble Infantino opts to award the American president for his contributions to world harmony and togetherness, would more than make up for the winner's medal he famously took and pocketed during the international club championship honor occasion.
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