Infantino, The US Leader and this Quest for Global Harmony: A FIFA-Style Approach

'VARIOUS IDEOLOGIES … DIFFERENT APPROACHES …'

Following María Corina Machado received the latest Nobel Peace Prize for her "dedicated work supporting democratic rights", Donald Trump reacted displaying the kind of generous behavior people could expect. Having consistently run a campaign of self-promotion to ensure he was the recipient, the president promptly took credit for the Venezuelan political figure's success, listed his own self-proclaimed and often questionable achievements in the area of global peacemaking and criticized the credibility of the committee who determined not to present the medal, cash prize and certificate to him.

While safety issues suggest it is still uncertain if the newly crowned Nobel laureate will appear from concealment to receive her accolade personally at the Oslo ceremony in December, a certain overly deferential Fifa president appears intent on taking her spotlight regardless. Indeed, Gianni Infantino has chosen to present a peace prize of his personal invention in front of a worldwide broadcast audience of countless numbers international football fans earlier that week in the American capital.

A man who has throughout numerous seasons preached the value of preserving governmental issues separate from soccer, specifically when they're the type of politics he considers uncomfortable or simply objects to, Infantino utilized his stage at the US economic conference in the coastal metropolis to bang his drum about the capacity of the beautiful game to connect people of every color and belief, notably those who have additional $5,000-plus available to acquire flexibly valued Global Soccer Tournament passes.

"In a progressively unsettled and separated world, it's fundamental to recognize the exceptional contribution of individuals who strive earnestly to end disputes and unite individuals in a mindset of peace", he announced. "The sport stands for harmony and acting for the complete soccer world, the Fifa Peace Prize – The Game Brings Together will celebrate the enormous efforts of these people who connect communities, offering confidence for future generations."

But which individual could he indicate? While the football official was careful not to provide specific indications concerning the person of the initial prize's lucky recipient, he went on to transition into a probably separate and obsequious recognition to his present Personal Ally (Or At Least Until August Next Year), the American leader. His comments undoubtedly had the intended outcome. Globally, the most doubtful among us were joined in declaring they recognized precisely who would be receiving the Simulated Unity Honor, with some even going so far as state entirely baseless allegations that the judicially determined and sports rule-breaking man-baby being discussed might possibly pressured the organization leader to create the honor merely to offset the leader's perception of unfairness at failing to receive the real thing.

As plausible a scenario as it sounds, The Sports Publication begs to differ, if only because in the past few months the progressively ridiculous soccer administrator has burrowed his way to such a degree within the leader's circle that it's very likely this new wheeze was in fact his own idea.

And although one might reasonably conclude it stays outside the president's restricted imagination to throw the most unexpected development by presenting Fifa's first (and possibly last) ever PPP to the climate activist, the Ukrainian leader or that member of the soccer club's training personnel who got between the player and the manager to stop an unpleasant Bigger Cup sideline confrontation, we can at least hope the English defender and his football associates are invited along to the city in full kit to conduct a response appropriation of the president's honor occasion.

That gilded unflushable-turd-on-a-plinth, or whatever other comparably appropriate bauble the football official chooses to present the US leader for his services to global peace and cooperation, would sufficiently offset the winner's medal he infamously took and kept during the Club World Cup final award event.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

"An individual who cooperated considerably with rock stars told me that the time that they become renown is the age they stay for the rest of their life. I considered: 'That will not bode well for me.' I became subject to media attention at young adulthood and positioned in front of the press. You develop, you start a family, but you're still a footballer. And then, suddenly, it stops but your complete self-image is still wrapped up in the game" – the retired athlete is on good form in this excellent discussion.

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