Globalization

1.    Many people can develop an argument on whether or not the globalization of soccer is good or bad.  I can honesty understand the view points of both sides of the argument to its worth discussing.  One can argue that the globalization has been for the good simply because as labor mobility among soccer players has increased, there has been a decline in team inequality at the country level.  Meaning, now that players from the entire world are seen playing for any type of soccer club, the teams are more balanced and it urges a sense on competiveness throughout the world of soccer.  Another point is that if you look at a pro for economic globalization it can be said that globalization give corporations a greater flexibility to operate across borders and that global mass media ties the world together.  Soccer’s global popularity can be for the good for the world because it gives everybody a common ground of interest.  One disadvantage of the globalization of soccer is how citizens bring certain racial and bias slurs into the game.  There’s a whole chapter in the novel (chap. 3) that discusses how fans at first didn’t accept Jewish Soccer players.  In chapter 6, they discuss in the beginning how police would question Nigerians on why they are in their town.  In the text, it states that, “Because they were trained to be suspicious of visitors, and because Edward looked so different, the police pulled him aside and said “Why have you come to Ukraine.” This happened before the globalization of African soccer players playing in the European leagues so these players stuck out and were talked about.