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A More or Less Innocent Question
World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 found this 1/25/2008 on www.runofplay.com [flag]
Here are two beliefs which seem to be widespread among intelligent soccer fans online. 1. That football is too much in the pocket of business interests whose treatment of the game as a commodity weakens its ties to local communities and takes it away from its traditional fans. 2. That racism and regional prejudice have no place in football and should be stamped out. Most of the ... [link]

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Daily Dose 1.25.08
Published 1/25/2008 by Daryl at World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010
Football links from World Cup Blog, The Offside and a couple other places too. How to beat Mali (Nigeria Blog) Atlas Lions reaction to defeat (Morocco Blog) Just three Ghanaians smiling today (Ghana Blog) A very through paint job (The Offside) Elrio Van Heerden’s mum jumping with pride (The Herald) Why globalization might be good for the game (Run of Play) The 20 ugliest players in the world (mCalcio) Plus, today on The Offside: Cote ...

Selling Tolerance in Football
Published 1/25/2008 by Supriya Nair at Pitch Invasion
... , we need to consider how it’s best addressed: will it be solved by an advertising campaign to kick racism out of football, by the levelling tendency of corporate globalisation, or does it need more radical and direct action by those on the pitch and in the stands? ...