Wednesday 25 January 2012

The Hypocrisy of Big Football Businesses

I was just looking on the FIFA website, to check out the CAF rankings. With the African Cup of Nations taking place, I was wondering if Zambia was ranked higher than Libya. (They had ended their game in the second matchday of the competition in a tie, 2-2. And it turns out that Zambia is below Libya in the FIFA standings.)

But here's what of interest here: It's not the FIFA rankings, but the FIFA/Coca-Cola rankings. What the hell does Coca-Cola have to do with football? (Just money, I guess...)


So, I suppose when somebody tries to share a video, for free, on YouTube, their video gets blocked because it's FIFA content and only FIFA can put their name on it.
But when they get a ton of money, FIFA can allow a company that has nothing to do with football to plaster their name all over one of the most important facets of international football today, the world rankings. Amazing! And laughable.

What a bunch of money-sucking hypocrites!

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