PFDC - Please sign a petition
which is requesting an ammendment to FIFA's laws. A serious threat is
approaching on the sanctity of International Football and we ask you sign
the petition below and lend your name to ask FIFA to make law ammendments,
concerning the switching of nationalities to countries which players have no
relation/contact with."
Please Click to sign the petition "
The text which can be seen in the petition link (and below) is showing
our serious concern over International Football becoming like club football,
where no longer is hard-work and internal development rewarded, but rather
like club-football: Money.
Leandro and Dede arriving in
Doha, Monday 8th March.
Ailton and wife Rosseli
Rodriguez arriving in Qatar on Monday 8th March.
Please sign the petition:
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Throughout its history, FIFA has proved to be
a well-governed and prestigious organization, with the objective of
developing, regulating, and improving football on a regional, national, and
international level. Undoubtedly, FIFA has far surpassed these original
goals and has been successful in establishing football as the world’s most
popular sport.
Currently nearly all fans of football support their local club team as well
as their nation. Throughout any land friends argue about which of their
clubs are superior, with heated local derby games being an important topic
in many discussions between friends. In club football the purchasing of
players is a valuable tool for clubs which traditionally have been related
to areas, or places of work, to improve their stature.
The popularity of international football is based on a different foundation:
nationality. When a fans moves, he sometimes changes his local club, but he
never forgets what national team he supports. Migrating people do support
their new home nations, but this occurs when they feel comfortable and
integrated in their new home. When they now feel their nationality is of
their new home. International football has always been driven by pride in
who you are and where you from.
The success of international football is driven by the passion of the fans,
which selflessly support their countries in every competition. When these
fans see the 11 players of their National Team playing on the hallowed turf,
they see them as a personification of their entire nation. The excitement
provoked through the competition of nations that are vastly different in
culture, style, and work ethic is unparalleled by any other. This sort of
competition constitutes the true essence of football’s universal popularity.
The purpose of this petition is to point out a recent trend which is very
unsettling; the purchasing of players for the national game. There have
always been cases of athletes born in one country representing their adopted
home. This is a natural reaction, why would an athlete not want to pay back
the new home which has taken him/her in? Unfortunately some nations are now
ignoring the unwritten gentlemanly accord that international football is not
about purchasing players, but developing the people of your own nation.
Countries such as Tunisia and Qatar are giving passports to persons who have
never set foot in said countries and have no ethnic ties to them, for cash.
We, the fans of International Football are seeing the highest level of
football-ing competition being turned into club football; where money can
talk as loudly as national pride. We ask you protect the sanctity of the
game and impose a cooling off period, between which a player who moves to a
new land he has no racial origins too, can represent the country in the
international arena.
Although it is unfortunate that not every footballer can score a spot on the
roster of their native land, it does not excuse athletes or federations from
abusing and exploiting laws to their own benefit. No longer will the
hardest-working nations, the most passionate nations, and the most
determined nations reap the rewards of their toil. Instead, the nations with
the most money and muscle, who exploit this new law most effectively, will
prove the benefactors, as opposed to those who work and dedicate themselves
to improving. Players of one nation play for one team, thus making it a
national team.
With the rule change which no longer sees international matches below the
‘A’ level as being seen as representing your nation. Countries have a whole
new market of players from which to purchase; those who excelled at a young
age, but never made it to the highest level. This is now highlighting
glaringly what should be written in FIFA’s rulebook; a law onto switching
and representing a nation you have no ties to, without spending time in that
nation. What we are seeing now, is that players of top-level footballing
nations such as Brazil who represented at the U21 level, but never
progressed are being offered cash and the chance to play in the World Cup,
for signing a piece of paper switching allegiance to nations they have no
connection with. This is a very alluring offer for players who are near the
end of their careers and want to settle in a wealthy life and have a chance
to taste the highest echelon of footballing competition. We agree with your
recent law allowing players of dual nationality to switch, but there have to
be amendments to your other laws to protect this game we love.
Please, do not strip international football of its sacred value.
Please sign the petition
