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West is no longer powerful. 21st century is the century of India, China and Asia.
by blocked_again 5y ago
West is no longer powerful. 21st century is the century of India, China and Asia.
- allendoerfer 5y agoThe last World Cup winners are: - 2018: France - 2014: Germany - 2010: Spain - 2006: Italy
- fullshark 5y agoI don't think OP was talking about Soccer ability
- kzrdude 5y agoWorld cup is entertainment, not a power allocation
- aliswe 5y agoisnt there soft power of some sort in this though?
- blocked_again 5y agoNow go and look at where does the sponsorship money of the top clubs of these countries come from.
- allendoerfer 5y agoMostly from Adidas and Nike. But I get your point. Still you cannot fully buy the industry. It is tied to passports.
- blocked_again 5y agoYou think Nike and Adidas spent more money on European football in last 5 - 10 years than Qatar sports investments group and City Football Group?
- harha 5y agoThe national teams usually from the tax payer. At the very least they manage the rights to the local tournaments, which has value in itself. The issue is that they often also have the same corrupt officials who gain legitimacy through this tournament, they wouldn’t risk losing their status. Imagine they decide to have an alternative tournament, then FIFA owning many rights puts pressure on them, one draws back and the operation fails. Explain that to the fans.
- toxik 5y agoIndo-China is an interesting choice of terminology here.
- blocked_again 5y agoI didn't realise IndoChina refers to countries unrelated to India and China. Corrected it.
- tomjen3 5y agoThe west (to a lesser degree) is only not powerful because we really, really, really, don't like war anymore. If tomorrow Russia goes into Poland and The west is forced to act, we shall see just how powerful the west really is.
- blocked_again 5y agoI would be more interested what the west would do when China goes to Taiwan.
- rsj_hn 5y agoThis is a thread about soccer politics