The UEFA president visited Jerusalem Tuesday and apparently talked about “how football can bridge communities around the world.” The articles I’ve seen do not go into detail but it would be interesting to know what he had to say. Football has clearly united lots of communities and served as a key to past conflict resolution;… Read More »
We read about football being used for conflict resolution so often in this course. What we see, however, are epic matches in the EPL which rarely serve such a purpose besides entertainment and victory. I thought it was fascinating that Puma and Adidas used football to create modern day peace between their two companies. By… Read More »
We’ve talked briefly in class discussions about what some have called the “slave trade” in young players from the developing world to the power clubs in Europe. There have been two stories in the past week that have brought to light the related issue of European youths who sign binding contracts. The big story was… Read More »
