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football has never been politicized. quite like this in the public eye cutter has come under scrutiny, cantwell's human rights reco, briefcases stuffed with cash. the colossal loss of life football like the world, finds itself in the middle of a clash between different coaches, values, and morals. and faithful will soon have to vote on where the 2030 mens will cut will be held. they could be handed to saudi arabia and egypt to order credit countries. the united states will co host the 2026 tournament clone to gun violence and anti abortion laws. political and societal issues are bound to play a role in future tournaments with. so how did we get here? and how can football navigate its way through this world of politics? this is the moment it all started to escalate his ha,

politics in sport on new. we st. uproar in the past such as the 1936 olympics in nazi germany. the 1978 mens woke up in argentina and most recently in russia in 2018 small politics. it's always been closely woven. we seen many manifestation years and walk up with the latent katara 2022 saw an extraordinary amount of scrutiny. no matter where you sit . it was a bazaar start to the tournament from the intense media coverage. the johnny infant tina is opening diatribe today. i feel at up today, i feel african today i feel gay. germany's protests went viral, as did iran for paul is have never felt more emboldened to take a stand. fans openly void support for palestine for women's rights.

and for the l g b t q. community it vain a wild ride, and it all started with legitimate criticism of guitars approach to this world cup . i think one of the scary thing about this world up is still way, whoops. the organizers are completely conscious of political dimension and yet uncertain aside from the critics of pointed to migrant workers, deaths, that's 3 work related deaths and 37 non work land. right? this is a natural part of life, whether it's at work, whether it's in the country's laws against homosexuality. i'm not a big one. big mifflin let us have on white because the damage in the mind, it views towards women, the questionable carbon costs of the world cup. and of course,

the bribery allegations. guitar, a country with little po, rolling history, successfully use the world compet to elevate it's global influence. it's called the debate that is divisive confronting and has a tendency to descend into what about ism western media called at kata and fee for over corruption allegations, and was accused of hypocrisy in return. why don't we perceive katara has been so much more crooked because it paid bribes to win the world cup. that's also true of other countries. and that, i think has to invite questions about how categories, middle easterners, arabs, muslims, are perceived in the west. and whether the same misconduct that has occurred in the west. when it occurs among these people, we some are react as if it's, it's shocking. it's unprecedented. it's, it's more severe, it's more a reprehensible pets are played. the roofless game of geo politics,

fifa chased profits above all else, many western businesses and governments also benefited from the venture. it's the reality of our hype, a capitalistic world, or sport in general is, is, is merely a reflection of the widest political z. in that sense, we are at a, we are at a turning point, the seat in history, that turning point is the battle between liberal and non liberal values. many parts of the world chose not to criticize katara. the torment highlighted that our globalized society holds conflicting values. if you look at asia and africa, perhaps their view of this is that there's a certain amount of european american off chrissy in this. and so they're not as prepared to be critical of the could, sorry regime. what i believe in is most certainly different to what you believe in . everyone draws a line on morality. but one issue is that the world's values

a constantly changing the line will be for an in $510.00 or 20 years. homosexuality wasn't completely decriminalized in germany until 1994. and in 50 years time, some of the world may look back at industrial slaughterhouses as its greatest shame . in the west democratic and free speech values have been developed out of high set by internal politics. it's now placing external expectations on other nations to keep up. every country has its own line. the unfairness is in expecting all other regions, other countries to be immediately, immediately at the level of a western countries that is unfair. luscious, unrealistic, that's, that's even naive. the better, more fair, a more productive approach would be to say, how can we support these countries as making progress as rapidly as possible?

and can we celebrate the progress of these made safer with 211 diverse members is stuck in the middle of this debate on values and morality. so to his european club football in relation to foreign ownership. so after katara, how will the football world react to future tournament hosts? therefore beds expected for the 2030 men's world cup and the world will have a very different views on which countries a most suitable morocco has put its hat in the ring. as a joint bid from south america, spain and portugal have teamed up with ukraine and has also been expected from saudi arabia, egypt, and grace. no one country can claim to be completely controversy free. if we were to adult, absolutely, great liberal, a moral principle, i guess, validation qualifies, right? the men's world cup heads to the united states in 2026 gun laws,

anti abortion legislation, bend the police sink system will be under the microscope. so how do we draw a line between countries that are good enough in countries that aren't? and is that even possible? we all have to draw our old lines and there's no way of deciding one line is correct. with one line is incorrect. i can't say that yours is the wrong line. it's just not the line that i would draw pfeifer has been one of the main adjudicators for footballs line. across the past decade, the world cup has been sent to non western nations. profits may well be fif, his main goal, but he can't deny it has diversified football away from europe and the america's seeing the arab world embrace its 1st world cup was indeed a beautiful sight. that's one of the sheets of paper is to become more inclusive internationally, the pork and to give those nations for of a child. now originally,

this tension quite where sadly many of the regime in those parts of the world are repressive regimes who do not allow free speech do not allow college blow position . countries such as china, russia, brazil, and keta have all posed moral dilemmas for the western world. and the traditional european power houses and not used to being 2nd in the pecking order. so could we say a power struggle in the near future? one that's based on values and ideals, what possibilities we go on with this, there are some compromises with the book and it keeps or go. but i think there is another possibility which is the democratic re, speech inclinations in europe, actually decide to go the roadway and say we can't participate in this harass organization anymore. that could main pitting the west against the rest. i just would counsel against the categorical assumption that the only way to avoid corrupting human rights issues is to return biggest force to the west in the north

. the bay, just for the organizations are actually more aligned with suppression and anti democratic forces than they always read of and democratic forces. one would like to see a realignment within those organizations. i suspect that there will be pressure for that to come. i really struggle to know what the outcome with the uncertainty is a big question mark for world football going forward. because it's clear both sides as well as people using the game. political leverage they thought did in fact draw a line in 2022. when it suspended russia after its invasion of ukraine, that is faith, a really able to act with a moral compass that pleases everyone. individuals and companies can of course decide whether or not they want to boycott future tournaments. but so far, no national football association has been willing to take

a meaningful stand. so what happens when the world faces? it's next cutoff? one option is division and boycotts. another is inclusion and engagement. one of the most beautiful, most compelling things about the way these cultures and nationalities gather here in interact is a political speech that occurs. i don't think that detracts from the experience. i think it quite enhances it. i think it's, it's attention, but it's a constructive tension. through football and the world cup, that constructive tension can play out in a fairly unique environment. where else in the world can we do this? where else in the world can so many countries come together and express their identity both culturally and politically, in a way that doesn't deteriorate into conflict and riots and fights, and so forth. the sporting aspect which draws all of us to football in the 1st

place will still maintain its romanticism and ability to entertain. leo nel messy winning his 1st world cup, morocco reaching the semi final rinaldo leaving in devastating ts. they will all remain off the field. however fif is challenge is to try and build bridges in this paddle of ideologies. that includes living up to its own slogans and admitting this discussion is inseparable from sport. the question is where the fee for and its members actually up to that task is reco. it is actually catchy and so it's not clear that they are going to formulate the clear policy position of jenny, and, you know, as presidency crease here at the moment. so it doesn't look like there's any sort of change with coming to mindy into it pulls governing bodies continue to pretend. politics don't exist in sport. it could just lead to more division. there is

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