On March 1, FIFA and UEFA officially issued an announcement announcing that Russian teams, including national teams and club teams, will be banned from participating in FIFA and UEFA tournaments.
Russian football was banned completely.
On the same day, the Russian Football Federation responded: "Regarding the decision of FIFA and UEFA to impose an international ban on Russian teams, the Russian Football Federation firmly disagrees, and we believe that this decision violates the norms and principles of international sports events and also violates the spirit of sportsmanship." It is manifestly discriminatory, hurting countless athletes, coaches, employees of clubs and national teams, and most importantly millions of Russian and foreign fans, whose interests are the first thing that international sports organizations must protect.
This is splitting the sports community, which has always adhered to the principles of equality, mutual respect and independence from politics.
In accordance with international sports law, we reserve the right to appeal against FIFA and UEFA decisions. ”
It is clear that Russia's appeal will certainly be fruitless.
So, how do we interpret it?
First, after the double standard, football gradually became no longer pure.
The U.S. bombed the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and Yugoslav stars including Stojkovic, Mihajlovic and Mijatovic were banned for denouncing the U.S. bombing.
Lewankovsky, on the other hand, took the Ukrainian flag to the field but was tacitly allowed.
This is indeed an obvious double annotation.
Now there is a total ban in Russia, which clearly shows that football has long since become no longer pure, and has been clearly kidnapped by the magnates as a plaything and vassal.
Second, Western Europe still holds the right to speak in world football.
After the Russo-Ukrainian War, one detail is worth playing.
UEFA announced the cancellation of st. Petersburg's right to host this year's Champions League final and immediately announced that Paris would become the new venue.
Previously, on February 15, the last obstacle to the relocation of FIFA headquarters from Zurich to Paris was removed, and FIFA was granted tax privileges in France, and about 70 FIFA officials will be exempt from taxation after FIFA relocates to Paris.
In 2018, French President Emmanuel Macron and FIFA President Infantino agreed on the move of FIFA headquarters back to Paris, but FIFA has been hesitant to pay taxes in France.
Now that france has agreed to characterize FIFA as a "non-commercial and non-profit organization" and allow it to be exempt from taxation, which means that the relevant corporate tax FIFA will not be paid, FIFA is currently seeking to enjoy the same tax exemption in Switzerland.
Macron was desperate for this.
From this, we can see the huge influence of European politics on football.
In fact, from the British Isles as the rule-maker of world football, to France, the new headquarters of FIFA, to the large number of Western European members of FIFA's executive committee, Western European countries still hold the right to speak in world football.
Third, the strength of Chinese table tennis and Chinese electricity let us know the importance of standards.
Now the most powerful world sport in China is table tennis, so powerful that the first task of the INTERNATIONAL TABLE tennis federation is to contain China.
In terms of the promotion of table tennis in the world, FIFA's move is beyond reproach.
However, the difference is that the ITTF always has to be vigilant.
Because Chinese table tennis is too powerful.
Equally powerful is China's electricity, so powerful that China's UHV transmission has become the industry standard.
The standards for world football are set by FIFA, and that's it.
Fourth, the Huawei incident, let us have to be careful, sports in the name of war in the face of desire to add to the crime is indeed humble.
Huawei's strength has been met with various difficulties and even blocked by the Five Eyes Alliance on the grounds that 5G has affected national security.
The emergence of the Huawei incident clearly illustrates the dangers of newcomers challenging the old rules.
The epidemic has made us know that in fact, in the face of survival, sports are nothing.
The Russo-Ukrainian war is actually quite complicated, and there are many things we don't understand, but this time Russia's total ban has let us know the other side of the war.
For China, it needs to be self-reliant.
The great thing about Russia is that I start a war, I'm banned, so what.
From the Los Angeles Olympics to the Seoul Olympics, there are too many ideological disputes, and the current Suspension of Russia is just a continuation of this ideological struggle.
As a critic of sports, that's all there is to it.