FIFA Reforms for Transparency and Inclusion
Good ideas matter, implemented ideas matter more, but rejected good ideas may eventually be accepted by when and where? Can me or someone win a 'Fifa Implemented Prize' for truly helping if President Trump was awarded a 'Fifa Peace Prize' for doing nothing or to further corrupt/taint Fifa corruption history? Sometimes you have to manage or gradually help improve a d[or of]evil or a bunch of d[oers of]evils as Jesus (pbuh) hinted on harvesting time... Fifa reportedly has a long history of corruption and other questionable ways, but if Fifa controls the world's most celebrated commercial sport, then how can we improve them may be our only option. Transparency will reduce or eliminate their corruption, but which ideas can make Fifa more inclusive? How about an open and transparent 'Ideas competition to improve Fifa'? Every knowledgeable individual and/or mediahouse is hereby encouraged to present what you think can improve Fifa, and you may be given a legitimate 'Fifa Implemented Idea Prize' by Fifa, God, or xyz. Every country with a local Fifa or football Association is also encouraged to publicly present and/or endorse ideas for Fifa improvement. So this article will not lean on the just criticisms that many fulfilled, but on suggestions that demand echoing until they accept.
For the past almost hundred years, about nineteen countries reportedly hosted the World Cup, but can we ascertain at least fifty countries to taste hosting for the next hundred years? Well, that is country inclusion, but which ' poor individual inclusion' measures can we suggest to Fifa?
Like corrupt politicians are often masters of excuses that must be confronted with systems and ideas, a corrupt organisation like Fifa may offer excuses against good ideas. We must be determined and understand even Fifa caved in its history and improved in some aspects.
Multiple Countries Hosting: There is a huge difference between Fifa choosing when to use multiple countries and a system that demands a range for inclusion. By all or most African+ countries publicly demanding 'all world cup hostings must now be between two to four countries' and at least two or four new countries must be included within every eight years'. They may claim 'merit matters', but did you know China, India, Nigeria, Senegal, UAE, Pakistan, Malaysia, etc are yet to host the World Cup. Russia is the biggest country, but they have neighbours to share hosting with. Even poor Gambia and Cape-Verde have enough good hotels for guests, so which countries can afford Fifa certified Stadiums and how can we help the poor ones? 2034 is set for Saudi-Arabia, but can we add at least one neighboring Arab country as co-host? Where is your Islam if Capitalism makes you refuse sharing with your neighbour or supporting a world system to include the trying poor countries? My suggested system will promote competition, because Iran, UAE, or xyz will then compete with Saudi-Arabia in better than questionable merit. The fans with culture of cameras will be able to gauge, not just Fifa or president Trump claiming u.s beats Canada and Mexico in how well they treated the Fifa officials and beyond? Contracts can be revisited beyond Saudi-Arabia, but I will let countries decide or suggest how Fifa can protect its officials and unnecessary visa denials through minimum guarantees. Although Fifa paying the salary of the Somali referee is OK, the new Fifa contracts can make such payments be from a questionable country like the U.S... They can further switch referees to still help make history, because even minimal or under resisting is better than no resisting. That referee was supposed to be moved to Canada or Mexico, but unexpected, late thinking, plans, or no new Trump will exist can be their excuse. Refereeing a few matches and not the finals is still better than giving a bigot his or her wishes without a fight or enough resistance.
Since they started with 'by country', should we use by region or continent hosting? 2030 hostings are between two continents and with a shameful insult to black leaning countries. Arab Morocco and white Europe for 2030. They may claim which year was for half-white South Africa, but I want us to focus on the future without ignoring facts or the past. Many international things for Africa go to South Africa because of the big thinking white population or to Arab Africa? You fought to get more than one African country in the world cup, but will you fight collectively and separately? They may give Arab Egypt or Algeria in the next 24 years as Africa, and Shameless Nigeria or Senegal will rather seek to host in greed or share with a neighbour beyond the wealth? I think by region is much better, because choosing two to four countries in 2038 for West Africa can still be by merit and robust competition. 2042 can be a different region in a different continent, and when will every region in Africa have a taste of hosting the world cup or the game they are now addicted to? Physical competition is good, but mental competition is also good, but unless Africa values its just thinkers, the world's politicians may be much more corrupt than Fifa.
The 2026 World Cup saw unprecedented AI generated fake 'world cup games' against the poor on YouTube and beyond. Without justifying such liars for money, I blame Fifa's greed and YouTube indifference for such. YouTube censored my type, cancelled my channel, for unique truth sharing, but their very search engines lead many to fake channels they refuse to use positive AI and systems to identify and punish? If the stadiums are filled with expensive Fifa ads and the primary broadcasters must pay high through competition, then how many billions will you gather before saying few millions from the poorest countries will not hurt and may help reduce potential conflicts and stress. By saying the top twenty or xyz media will be in the stadium; another twenty or xyz can buy which relay rights; but all countries will have a transparent reasonable offer through competition. The richest Gambians have satellites to watch the World Cup, but poor Gambians and others have to struggle to pay YouTube because Fifa refuses a smart idea? By trying to partner with at least one local TV per country, Fifa can make money and help the fans and others. A local GRTS or xyz TV of the Gambia winning the rights to relay from CNN as an example means those who paid advertisements will still benefit. A reasonable deal means the local TV will give a share of any local advertisement deal to Fifa and/or the local Fifa or national football association. Time and space limitations exist, but every excuse they may forward against my ideas should be confronted with smart ways. It is not hard for even your local Fifa to transparently collect or seek the advertisement money and distribute it through clear contracts.
As God may help with worldwide culture of cameras, it will be harder for the corrupt. I will let the local insiders suggest what systems to employ to avoid presidents influencing things like reviews. President Trump calling the president of Fifa is weirdly normal or unavoidable. However, if the Fifa president must tell him to call the local or national Fifa body to launch a formal complaint, then president Trump or xyz may still be able to corrupt which Republican head or committee in which country? Even paying a fee for a review will not stop some from trying, but which firing or xyz mechanisms exist at Fifa for me and you to resist a corrupt Fifa president? Should the review body record its discussions and be mandated to release it after a decade or the tournament? Should corruption leakers, whistleblowers, be protected and rewarded beyond Fifa? Sometimes I wonder what crimes humans did to be tested with Capitalism for so long? Lovism is indeed a better alternative to Capitalism, Socialism, Communism, etc or can their top thinkers compete with me on even football improvement? Despite my wish for God to do much more, didn't God help defeat cheating Trump immediately and at the finals? Shame on the American Democrats for not echoing many of my ideas that can defeat or contain Trump and his type around the world.
Building Stadiums as Loan or xyz: As a world body, Fifa should mean business but also catering for the poor. When coming to West Africa, it makes sense to give every country a slightly fair chance. We are choosing two countries by strict merits, including building your own stadiums, but all countries can apply. On Semi-merits, including the number of hotels or how well your team performs for the past 8 years, we will hold a raffle for a third hosting country. Suppose Nigeria and Senegal won by merits, Ghana, the Gambia, Cape-Verde , Bissau etc winning through raffle may mean helping build a billion dollar stadium if need be. What percentage from the world cup and other event hosting can repay the loan? You can Fifa representatives with cameras, at the stadium rooms, until paid off. I think Fifa has the money or which country will finance and/or build it for more hosting potentials within how many years? Saudi-Arabia can certainly finance 100 Stadiums with ease, but they can corruptly seek greedy shares more than the 'interest' they frown at. Which systems can Fifa use to help realize such with reasonable transparent mutual uplifting, fair competition, and no corruption? I think China, India, or Turkey building the stadiums under cameras could be much cheaper than corrupt u.s with questionable standards. Better than Loan is Fifa giving it to charities like worldwide culture of cameras or financing mandatory education up to age 18 or 20 to needy countries. About ten or what percentage of Individual Fifa players do offer help like rescues and free-smiles, but do they know what is open-chance as per Lovism? Have you ever seen a group of Fifa or xyz players working together for which cause? So when will Fifa know and offer unprecedented open-chance help to influence Baseball, Basketball, and which other organisations? I suspect Musicians rescued in famines, but did they lose their helping spirit or know what is open-chance and Lovism? The musicians who played at half time can certainly echo my suggestions or publicly offer their own to Fifa.
When I said Justice is pregnant with a baby called tolerance, it meant tolerance has limits and I am not promoting any form of injustice, especially after calling for worldwide culture of cameras. By Fifa or xyz helping the Gambia or xyz with a strong culture of cameras or mass education, football (soccer) will extend from emotions to mental uplifting, from emotions to building justice+, and the Gambia may develop or win better than world cup? Well, if president Trump can call for evil, can president Obama, Barrow, Tinubu, Mahama, or xyz call for good? Who can call the president of Fifa, all top Fifa officials, all top media houses of the world to publish this piece and present any other good suggestions to Fifa? You can at least share it on your social media. 'When the good or competent folks do nothing, the incompetent will take over.' So please go beyond blaming Fifa and Trump, but suggest by team before one voice . Let every country or African country target a non-spying date to publish their suggestions to Fifa transparently. Fifa cannot expel all of you and the transparent suggestions promote thinking and positive competition. The country with the best proposals should get a prize better than Trump or which rights towards hosting the world cup? Good media houses accept or publish complain leaning opinions, better media houses lean on suggestions. May God bless Showlove Trinity: let's learn, let's work, let's have fun.
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