On March 8, 2019, International Women’s Day, all twenty-eight members of the United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) sued the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) for gender discrimination.[i] According to the athletes, the discrimination has had an impact on their training, their medical treatment, their facilities, and their travel to and from matches, and, perhaps… Read More »
By now, most people understand that we are in the midst of a global pandemic the likes of which we have not seen in many years. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the highly infectious virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that many people are now becoming familiar with. While I… Read More »
Je voudrais considérer les attitudes toujours trés differentes envers le football. Ça semble à moi comme il y a une grande intervalles des contextes dans lesquelles le football est joué. Il est joué dans les prisons et en dehors les stations-service en pause de travail, mais aussi dans les jeux entre les équipes comme Manchester… Read More »
Advertising has always played a big role in the financial aspect of football, read: The Money, and we constantly see brand names: either lining historic, sacred stadium walls or plastered on the front of our beloved teams’ jerseys. Generally, the branding and marketing arms of football are looked at through a pessimistic lens. However, there… Read More »
Si le preguntaras a la gente de que tipo es la película Los Dos Escobar, probablemente te dirían que es de futbol. La película Los Dos Escobar, como la película Maradona by Kusturica, es una película que se enfoca en los efectos de el futbol. Casi nunca se habla de la técnica del juego, y… Read More »
Cada país que tiene una liga de fútbol tuvo una transición de fútbol no profesional a fútbol profesional. Personas quieren poder jugar fútbol como su trabajo y eso requiere un sueldo. ¿Pero de dónde viene el dinero para financiar los clubes profesionales de fútbol? Después de ver la película The Two Escobars y aprender de… Read More »
Last Spring, I wrote a research paper for Professor Ed Tiryakian’s Business of Sport class here at Duke that focused on the source and implications of rampant managerial turnover in the English Premier League. I had become passionate about the topic after Leicester’s February 2017 sacking of prolific Italian manager Claudio Ranieri, who had defied all… Read More »
Earlier this month, FIFA met with officials from the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and the Spanish government to address allegations of state interference in the affairs of the country’s soccer administration. The issue surfaced last year, when the Spanish Sports Council’s (CSD) insisted that new elections be called for the presidency of the RFEF following… Read More »
Soccer may be coming to Sin City sooner than expected and the lead man responsible for this is none other than soccer legend David Beckham. At a recent meeting between Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis and Las Vegas government officials, David Beckham added a new dynamic as to why the proposed $1.4 billion, 65,000 seat… Read More »
Image labeled for reuse from Google Search It seems absurd that a country with over a billion people cannot field a team that can qualify more than just once for the World Cup. Yet, with a FIFA ranking of just 81, China has managed to do just that, finishing 31st out of 32 teams in the… Read More »
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