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> "partnerships are integral to [...] ensuring the development of football across Europe [...] for youth" This part is laughable horse shit. You don't need co
by slipframe 5y ago
> "partnerships are integral to [...] ensuring the development of football across Europe [...] for youth"
This part is laughable horse shit. You don't need corporate sponsors to give some kids a $10 ball. Nor do you need corporate sponsors even for a field for them to run around in; school taxes or local funding for public parks have that covered. No corporate partnerships were ever involved when I played this game as a kid.
- 988747 5y agoAnd somehow you did not become a world-class football player... UEFA does sponsor a lot of initiatives that aim not only to encourage kids to play football but also train them properly, helping them reach their full potential. Just ensuring that they a. have proper equipment, b. are trained by professional coaches, c. participate in various local and international tournaments, those things make a world of difference.
- slipframe 5y ago> And somehow you did not become a world-class football player... And that didn't make it any less fun. Furthermore, there is no shortage of professional highly competent football players who grew up in a poor country playing football in a field without a dollar in sight. Corporate sponsorships simply are not necessary for youth athletics. Never have been, and never will be.
- MisterBastahrd 5y agoNobody is watching you play soccer, either, not even for free. Pro soccer players have hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in them before they're even old enough to drink.
- slipframe 5y agoThat's not true, my mum watched. There were sometimes a hundred or so people watching. And for more popular sports in my area, namely American football, there were sometimes a thousand or more people watching kids play for free.