FOOTBALL HISTORY - CURTESY OF FIFA.
The Creative Art that might have entered into the imaginationa of an individual`s mind, which he perhaps, nicknamed "FOOTBALL'' has since its maiden year and maiden edition of 1904, grown from banana to nuclear; and from accident to astute designs. The spheric object that was designed to bounce and ricotchet to its dexterity player, is a masterpiece that is wonderfully operated through the mechanism of air that inflates its interiors.
Taking a wider or global dimension from 1930 from its miniature concept and margin, with the huge responsibility of reaching and touching the
world, using Football as a symbol of hope and integration; the
game was made a more meaningful competition through the invention and creation of a winable
Trophy, by a Milan born sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga after his predecessor, the Jules Rimet cup was won outrightly by Brazil in 1970.
Having one of the largest scope of administration and administrators globally viz:
i. 208 member associations, which its goal enshrined in its statutes, is the
constant improvement of Football;
ii. 280 people from over 30 nations;
iii. which the composition is made of {a} the congress{legislative
body} {b}
Executive committee{executive body} {c} General Secretariat{adminstrative
body} {d} Committees{assisting the executive committee}
the Federation Internationale de Football Association{FIFA} has happily turned a survival of the
fittest. Thus providing a galaxy of triumphant teams that have clinched the Trophy through a harmless force.
Teams like: Uruguay 1930, Italy 1934, Italy 1938, Uruguay 1950, Germany 1954, Brazil 1958, ...Italy 2006, have smiled home with this coveted trophy since then, and also in the individual level, the sport has produced various stars and maestros in the round leather bouncing object eg. Pele of Brazil, Platini of France, Diego Maradona of Argentina, Okocha of Nigeria, Eto`o of Cameroun ets,. These all have made ends met through this game, but in a process of beating others.
The game - Football from all these antecedents, have today engulfed almost all nations of he world to the extent of extending to South Africa come 2010.
To South Africa, who now has hoisted a flag for the hosting of entire universe, it is a symbol of a glowing culture of a nation been admitted into the reigning euphoria of a global football federatioin. Which it is hoped they will firmly preserve and make it a celebrated honours.
Though Football has turned to a meal-ticket to both the talented and administrators in it, but it has invariably a sharp contrast to other global precious features.
For instance, one of its characteristics as earlier noted, is the survival of the fittest. It however, has used this feature to make millions happy being those on the wining side.
Democracy which is the trackless road upon which the Football should run or ply, is growing rapidly globally with a bitter frown on survival of the fittest. And those who follow its frowning at this, are happily wriggling themselves out of the grips of autocracy, bureaucracy, red tapism, and imbibing the doctrine of fair play and accommodation to the weak.
&np; If Football gives hope, love and unity, if its contributions boster much in social development programmes especially to those wining, what in the fate of those milions who never got to the top because of this strong feature?
If the Football which enthrones survival of the fittest - though impliedly, and Democracy which frowns at it are to be elected one of them to be the world leader now, which of the two would you advice me to vote for?
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