Sir Stanley Rous, a referee and English football manager who chaired the multi-national sports corporation is the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), between 1961 and 1974, prophesied at the beginning of his mandate that an African nation would win the Cup, will grant 2006 World Cup to Africa. ” HA BIL and megalomaniacal
With over 20 years of FIFA at the time of his election in 1998, Blatter emerged as a skilled negotiator able to promise the most appetizing? a World Cup? provided for the presidency of FIFA when Joao Havelange time came to an end. Democratic and intended to be, FIFA gives one vote to each country so that the weight confed1000erations is gravitating in the decisions that are made. For this reason, in FIFA, the compromises are the order of the day. For example, when you took the decision to ban international matches over 2,500 meters high, FIFA said to protect the health of the players and ensure “fair play” (to shorten the disadvantage of some teams over others and naturalized), protests poured in he nor Blatter flinch. The humble South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) with just 10 members? and only four of them affected by the decision? not compare anything to the Asian has 46 members and the extent that did not care (most of its member countries are at sea level), or the 53 African States. In other words, 53 votes. It was a way weigh and measure their own power, which is absolute, and counter what happened in June 2000 when they beat Germany to South Africa to host the 2006 World Cup by 12 votes to 11 despite its promise.
But clever as it is, Blatter found the perfect solution to the problem of unfulfilled word fast enough. On 3 August, a month after the election in Germany, Blatter presented the formula for the rotation of continents to choose hosts World, which the triumph of Africa, namely South Africa, I was fully insured. It was sung, as was the re-election in May 2002 who made possible the World Cup dream of the black continent.
SOUTH AFRICA OTHER
Someone wrote that in the professional world of football in our time, is doomed to oblivion that is useless and nothing more useless than what is not profitable. For those who believed that granting an African country with serious social problems as South Africa, the seat of the most important sporting event of the planet was a bad decision, more than one billion dollars turnover last year FIFA World Cup-related contracts without has started the competition yet, may find the most happy to bite his tongue.
Although it has become a commonplace to say that after the highly competitive football lies a millionaire business levels of industry has never before has been a truth so certain as dangerous. As the May 15, 2004 became known as the new headquarters to South Africa World Cup, it was announced that the award of World African country would mean the creation of 150,000 jobs in a country where the unemployment rate approached 40% (today, 24%) and that the decision had played in its favor the country”s economic development, the existence sports infrastructure to carry it out (available at the time of new stadiums and pledged to build another four) and the experience of having organized other global powers such as the Rugby World Cup 1995 and Cricket 2003. Read more…