Why FIFA's 6 + 5 Rule Represents The Wrong Fight Against the Globalization of the World's Most Global Sport

FIFA's proposed 6 + 5 rule is supposedly gaining traction. The law would require club teams to start a minimum of six players eligible for the national team of the country in which they play.

Oh the fun you can have with Facebook...
Which American soccer commentator was on Facebook today lamenting that "Only 53 percent of American adults believe capitalism is better than socialism," and expressing opposition to Obama's visit to Notre Dame?

Links to click while you wonder: Should Rafa really be in charge of Liverpool's transfer policy? (via ONTD) USA win "Best Upset" at the ESPYs (Original Winger) But good luck trying to watch them play Mexico next month (USA WCB) Japanese football = yawn, apparently (Reuters) Backflips + motorcycle stunts = Peter Beagrie (ThreeMatchBan) Too much socialism in America, too much [.

Manchester City is like a black hole that has opened up in the fabric of the Premier League. Sucking mass, masses of expensive players and media attention, it leaves many fans unsure about how to approach the club's awakening and limitless powers. Some laugh. Some wince. Most shake their heads, confused and afraid, especially those millions of fans of any of the now comparatively-less-rich Big Four, which constitute most of the Premier League fans here in America and elsewhere outside England.

On Sports Blogging, Sports Journalism, and the Scary Fate of Humanity

Alright, alright, fine – blogging isn't journalism. Lines divide the two fields. Professional journalists get paid, for example. Us amateur bloggers usually don't. We toil in the nervous spaces between working on the internet and "working" on the internet, or between trips to Starbucks and withdrawing more trust-fund money.

The Illusory Game of Exchange, the Giant Poker Table where our Realities are determined...
In the previous post in our seasonal triptych, by focusing on the gathering Depression from the perspective of hedge-funds, Dark Pools, Behaviouralism, Darwinism and climate change, we outlined some of the reasons why a Deep Depression is our future.

Why FIFA's 6 + 5 Rule Represents The Wrong Fight Against the Globalization of the World's Most Global Sport

FIFA's proposed 6 + 5 rule is supposedly gaining traction. The law would require club teams to start a minimum of six players eligible for the national team of the country in which they play.

It is around 3.45pm on April 13th 1996 on the South Coast at the Dell. Southampton are hosting Manchester United, the hosts are 3-0 up. The Man Utd squad clad in grey enter the changing room to an apparent furious Alex Ferguson. The fiery Scot is annoyed and in one of his more bizarre moves in football forces Man Utd to change their kit.

They Think It's All Over... looks at the results of the FA Cup Final and predicts a glum future for British football unless 'underdogs' like Everton can start to overturn the developing football monopoly.

So I got a very thoughtful reply to a year-old post I made on the 6+5 rule "FIFA Approves Blatter's Rule: Or When 6+5=0". You can read the post for yourself, but the gist of it is that I think 6-5 rule sucks and is an affront to free trade, capitalism and economics.

The letter-writer, Michael, disagrees.

When More Billionaires Own More Teams

I view billionaires from kind of the same curious perspective I view species of mysterious origin and function, like tapir or rare slime molds. I have lots of questions: How did they get there? And what do they do? If I see one, will I know it? Generally, these questions don't have easy answers.

When More Billionaires Own More Teams

I view billionaires from kind of the same curious perspective I view species of mysterious origin and function, like tapir or rare slime molds. I have lots of questions: How did they get there? And what do they do? If I see one, will I know it? Generally, these questions don't have easy answers.

It's a standing joke in the-not-from-LA LA footie community that a bit of rain cancels everything.
The U10 lads dominated my weekend, we lost ignominiously 6-2 on Saturday and then exited the 5 v 5 tourney in the first round. I've heard all the excuses, but we were short two lads in the first half on Saturday, and robbed of 4 minutes playing time in the first of two games on Sunday.

It's a standing joke in the-not-from-LA LA footie community that a bit of rain cancels everything.
The U10 lads dominated my weekend, we lost ignominiously 6-2 on Saturday and then exited the 5 v 5 tourney in the first round. I've heard all the excuses, but we were short two lads in the first half on Saturday, and robbed of 4 minutes playing time in the first of two games on Sunday.