The grotesquely corrupt FIFA and Soccer . . . have they finally arrived where ICC and cricket were in the 1980s?!
As we approach the end of yet another festival of obscene capitalism and corruption in the form of FIFA’s soccer world cup 2026, it is an opportune moment to address some of the inherent changes that are taking place in the politics of the game. This was the first time in the tournament’s long history that African and Asian teams were competitive, although systematically engineered out of the tournament. Fig. 1 - FIFA soccer world cup 2026 The Cricket experience FIFA and Soccer are experiencing the transition that the International Cricket Council (ICC, then known as the International Cricket Conference – originating as an exclusively white organisation) and cricket went through in the 1980s, where a sport that was completely dominated, funded and administered by White Europeans was confronting the challenge presented by coloured nations. In the case of cricket, the transition took over 20 years commencing with the long-awaited inclusion of Sri Lanka into the ...