Infantino, The US Leader and the Quest for Global Harmony: A FIFA-Style Initiative
'THIS-ISM … THAT-ISM …'
Following the Venezuelan opposition leader won the current year's international peace honor for her "persistent campaigning promoting civil liberties", Donald Trump responded displaying the kind of Maga-nanimous response people could predict. After consistently managed a push of personal advancement to guarantee he received the honor personally, the president promptly took credit for the Venezuelan political figure's triumph, listed his own self-proclaimed and regularly dubious successes in the domain of world conflict resolution and criticized the credibility of the committee who determined not to award the recognition, cash prize and document to him.
While security concerns mean it remains to be seen if the newly crowned Nobel laureate will come forward from concealment to collect her award personally at the Norwegian event in December, an especially overly deferential Fifa president looks hell-bent on appropriating her attention anyway. Certainly, the FIFA president has decided to present an honor for peace of his original design in facing a global TV audience of countless numbers worldwide sports followers earlier that week in Washington.
A man who has throughout numerous seasons advocated the importance of preserving political matters separate from soccer, particularly when they are the sort of ideological stances he finds inconvenient or just disapproves of, the organization's head employed his stage at the American corporate gathering in Miami to bang his drum about the ability of football to bring together individuals of every color and belief, especially those who have extra $5,000-plus available to buy dynamically priced Global Soccer Tournament passes.
"Within an increasingly uncertain and separated world, it's essential to recognize the exceptional contribution of people who labor diligently to stop disputes and connect communities in an attitude of harmony", he declared. "Football symbolizes peace and acting for the entire soccer world, the Football Unity Honor – The Game Brings Together will celebrate the enormous work of those individuals who unite people, bringing confidence for future generations."
But who could he mean? While Infantino was careful not to give specific indications about the person of the inaugural award's fortunate winner, he went on to move into a probably unrelated and obsequious homage to his existing Close Associate (Or For The Immediate Future), Trump. His words undoubtedly had the intended outcome. Globally, the most skeptical among us were united in stating they recognized precisely who would be receiving the Simulated Unity Honor, with various people even going so far as state entirely baseless assertions that the legally adjudicated and competitive misconduct individual under consideration might potentially pressured the FIFA head to create it just to make up for the leader's perception of unfairness at missing out on the genuine honor.
As believable a circumstance as it appears, Football Daily holds a different view, particularly since in the preceding period the increasingly absurd football official has burrowed his way so far into the president's favor that there's every chance this latest idea was truly his own idea.
And while one might reasonably conclude it stays outside Infantino's restricted imagination to throw the mother of all curveballs by giving the organization's inaugural (and possibly last) ever PPP to Greta Thunberg, the European statesman or that member of Atalanta's coaching staff who got between the player and the manager to stop an unpleasant major tournament touchline flare-up, it's possible to wish the Chelsea player and his football associates are invited along to the city wearing uniforms to execute a revenge-hijack of the president's honor occasion.
The golden unflushable-turd-on-a-plinth, or whichever additional similarly suitable ornament the football official opts to present the chief executive for his contributions to international unity and togetherness, would more than make up for the championship award he notoriously palmed and retained during the global team tournament award event.
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