FIFA's President, The US Leader and this Quest for Global Harmony: A FIFA-Style Approach

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When María Corina Machado was awarded the latest prestigious peace award for her "persistent work supporting civil liberties", the American president reacted displaying exactly the type of Maga-nanimous response people could expect. Having consistently conducted a push of self-aggrandizement to make certain he was the recipient, the leader immediately asserted acknowledgment for the Venezuelan opposition leader's achievement, cataloged his own self-announced and regularly dubious achievements in the area of world conflict resolution and attacked the legitimacy of the selection panel who made the decision not to grant the honor, monetary award and certificate to him.

While safety issues mean it has yet to be determined if the latest peace prize winner will appear from seclusion to pick up her award personally at the Scandinavian presentation in December, a certain overly deferential football association leader seems intent on stealing her attention regardless. Certainly, the football administrator has chosen to present a peace prize of his original design in facing a worldwide broadcast audience of hundreds of millions worldwide sports followers earlier that week in Washington.

An individual who has for years advocated the value of keeping governmental issues away from football, particularly when they're the sort of political positions he deems uncomfortable or just objects to, the organization's head utilized his platform at the America Business Forum in Miami to promote his agenda about the power of soccer to connect individuals of all races and creed, especially those who have a spare significant financial resources available to purchase dynamically priced Geopolitics World Cup tickets.

"Within an increasingly unsettled and fragmented global community, it is essential to recognize the remarkable contribution of individuals who work hard to resolve disputes and bring people together in an attitude of peace", he declared. "The sport stands for harmony and on behalf of the whole football community, the FIFA Harmony Award – The Game Brings Together will recognize the significant work of those individuals who unite people, offering hope for future generations."

But who could he mean? Although the football official was careful not to give clear signals regarding the individual of the inaugural award's selected honoree, he did transition into an almost certainly unrelated and obsequious tribute to his present Personal Ally (Or For The Immediate Future), Trump. His statements certainly had the planned result. Globally, the most cynical of commentators were united in declaring they recognized specifically who would be obtaining the Simulated Unity Honor, with some even going so far as make completely unfounded assertions that the convicted felon and sports rule-breaking man-baby in question might possibly pressured the FIFA head to invent the honor merely to offset the leader's feeling of injustice at missing out on the real thing.

As believable a situation as it sounds, Football Daily begs to differ, mainly due to the fact that in recent months the progressively absurd Fifa boss has maneuvered himself to such a degree up Trump's digestive tract that it's quite possible this latest idea was truly his personal creation.

And even though we can probably assume it stays outside Infantino's restricted imagination to deliver the ultimate surprise by giving Fifa's first (and perhaps final) peace prize to Greta Thunberg, Volodymyr Zelenskyy or that member of the Italian team's technical team who stepped between Ademola Lookman and the manager to prevent an unedifying major tournament touchline flare-up, one might desire the Chelsea player and his Chelsea teammates are requested to participate to the capital dressed in gear to conduct a retaliatory takeover of the president's honor occasion.

That metallic questionable trophy, or whichever additional comparably suitable ornament the football official decides to give the US leader for his contributions to world harmony and unity, would adequately compensate for the victory honor he famously appropriated and pocketed during the Club World Cup final presentation ceremony.

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