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| Non-FIFA Football Gets Another Governing Body Posted: 28 Sep 2009 11:50 AM PDT
There are various reasons why certain “national” football teams and organizations are not FIFA affiliated. Without getting into too much detail, the Wikipedia entry on non-FIFA football defines it roughly as six categories: Regional associations (eg Jersey), Autonomous (or autonomy-seeking) regions (eg Catalonia), Stateless people (eg the Sami people of Lapland), States (eg Vatican City), Minorities (ethnic minorities within a larger state), and Micronations (usually crazy people who make up their own country like Sealand). These people still want to play football though, so many of them do. Until recently, these teams had been organized mostly by the NF-Board, headquartered in Liege, Belgium, and responsible for setting up the excellently titled VIVA World Cup (won this year (and in 2008) by Padania). But a new organization called the International Football Union announced itself in August 2009, so now non-FIFA football seems to have two governing bodies. So is that good or bad for non-FIFA football? The IFU’s mission statement explains:
Which is pretty similar to what the NF-Board does. So what’s the difference? When asked this question via email, IFU Media Coordinator Viivi Parma was careful to both pay tribute to the NF-Board and to point out the key difference:
An example the IFU cites is Padania, which if you clicked the Wikipedia link above, seems to be an outgrowth of the Lega Nord Italian political party rather than an autonomous nation or state. As such, they would not be eligible for IFU membership.
I also asked the NF-Board how they felt about the existence of a rival organization, and Secretary General Jean-Luc Kit seemed to be happy enough.
So let’s hope that’s exactly how it works out. If the IFU and the N-F Board can co-exist, with the IFU providing opportunities for non-FIFA nation states to play competitive football (and maybe eventually gain FIFA membership) while the NF-Board continues to allow non-nation teams - but still teams - like Padonia to compete, then that has to be good for non-FIFA football. |
We all know that FIFA is world football’s governing body. But Sepp Blatter and co. don’t preside over all of international football. There’s a whole world of non-FIFA football out there, meaning football involving non-FIFA affiliated international teams.| You are subscribed to email updates from World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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| El Burrito is Back! Ariel Ortega Gets an Argentina Recall Posted: 25 Sep 2009 01:09 PM PDT
Ortega’s career hasn’t quite delivered what it should have given his talents, and most would agree that his temperament is to blame. His rapsheet involves a lot of alcoholism, headbutting Edwin van der Sar at the 1998 World Cup, and getting a lengthly FIFA ban for walking out on his contract at Fenerbahce. He’s what you’d call a character. Incredibly, Diego Maradona’s latest surprise as Argentina DT is to recall the now 35 year old Ariel Ortega to the national team, a team he hasn’t played for in six years. The recall isn’t for the make or break World Cup qualifiers (at least not yet). It’s for the friendly against Ghana next week, for which Maradona is using only Argentina based players. Still, an odd odd move. Particularly given the current knock against Maradona’s Argentina, that they have too many midget attackers and not enough big #9s. The 5′7″ El Burrito definitely falls into the former category rather than the latter. Maybe Maradona read our post about him being too Boca biased, and that’s what led to him selecting a man now in his third spell at River Plate? Or maybe he saw this YouTube highlight video and decided to give Ortega one last chance at international football. |
I can remember a time (a time before Leo Messi) when every little Argentinean #10 who could dribble a bit got labelled “the new Maradona”. One of the very first to get that label was Ariel Ortega, who rose to prominence in the early ’90s just as El Diego’s powers were fading. | You are subscribed to email updates from World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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| Another Day, Another Slew of Failed African Age Tests Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:40 AM PDT
But this one gets a bit dicier as it’s Gambia with the failed age tests for their U17 team. The same U17 team which won the African U17 championship earlier this year. Is that legal trouble wafting through?
I’m sure it “can be more” and that these are the words of a hopeful/voluntarily ignorant federation chief. Regardless of the number, even fielding one ineligible player is enough to revoke most titles. Unless, of course, the Africans powers that be just say “fuck it, every team probably had someone overage”. That would be met with approval and applause - call a spade a spade, at least. For the future, Sepp & Co. have put these random age testings in place, so the buildup to Nigeria 2009 may be even more exciting than the tournament itself. Perhaps they can just film the age tests instead? They could even make a reality tv show of it, where the testee stands before a tribunal and, if the tests ring true, he is waved into one door with plush couches and footballs and age-appropriate toys. If not, he is led down a dark hallway into a colosseum-like arena with snarling lions with manes like Trump’s toupee ready to declare his sentence. But for now, in this the real world, the Gambian FA may want to put some military-grade locks on that trophy cabinet at headquarters, for the only thing scarier than snarling tigers is the trophy repo man. And he’s a-comin’. |
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