FIFA's President, The US Leader and the Pursuit for Peace: An Association Football Approach

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Following María Corina Machado won the latest Nobel Peace Prize for her "persistent work promoting democratic rights", Donald Trump responded displaying the kind of magnanimous reaction one might expect. After persistently run a campaign of self-aggrandizement to ensure he was the recipient, the president promptly took credit for the Venezuelan political figure's achievement, listed his own self-proclaimed and regularly dubious accomplishments in the field of international diplomacy and attacked the authority of the awarding body who made the decision not to award the honor, monetary award and document to him.

While safety issues indicate it has yet to be determined if the latest Nobel laureate will come forward from hiding to collect her award directly at the Norwegian event in December, a particular overly deferential soccer organization chief appears determined on stealing her attention anyway. Yup, the football administrator has chosen to award an honor for peace of his personal invention in front of a global TV audience of hundreds of millions international football fans earlier that week in Washington.

A man who has throughout numerous seasons promoted the significance of preserving political matters separate from football, especially when they are the sort of politics he considers inconvenient or just objects to, the organization's head employed his platform at the US economic conference in the Florida city to advocate his position about the capacity of soccer to connect people of diverse ethnicities and faith, notably those who have extra $5,000-plus accessible to purchase flexibly valued Geopolitics World Cup passes.

"Within an increasingly uncertain and fragmented international society, it is fundamental to appreciate the outstanding work of those who work hard to resolve disputes and bring people together in a spirit of tranquility", he parped. "Football represents unity and on behalf of the whole football community, the Fifa Peace Prize – The Game Brings Together will recognize the tremendous work of such persons who connect communities, offering optimism for tomorrow's world."

However who might he reference? Although the football official was cautious not to provide specific indications concerning the person of the inaugural award's fortunate winner, he did segue into a likely separate and flattering tribute to his existing Close Associate (Or In The Short Term), the American leader. His statements definitely had the desired effect. Internationally, the most cynical among us were aligned in stating they knew exactly who would be receiving the Artificial Harmony Award, with certain individuals even progressing to make totally unsupported claims that the legally adjudicated and cheating-at-golf man-baby being discussed might potentially compelled Infantino to create the honor simply to make up for the leader's sense of grievance at failing to receive the authentic award.

As believable a circumstance as it seems, The Athletic Coverage holds a different view, mainly due to the fact that in recent months the growingly absurd soccer administrator has maneuvered himself to such a degree up Trump's digestive tract that there's every chance this new wheeze was actually his original concept.

And even though one might reasonably conclude it remains beyond the administrator's limited wit to present the mother of all curveballs by handing the organization's inaugural (and potentially concluding) peace prize to the climate activist, the European statesman or that member of the Italian team's technical team who stepped between Ademola Lookman and the coach to prevent a disagreeable major tournament touchline flare-up, we can at least hope the English defender and his club colleagues are invited along to the capital in full kit to perform a retaliatory takeover of Trump's presentation ceremony.

That metallic questionable trophy, or any other equally tasteful ornament Infantino opts to give the US leader for his contributions to world harmony and unity, would sufficiently offset the championship award he notoriously palmed and pocketed during the Club World Cup final honor occasion.

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