FIFA seen from a postcolonial perspective

Bar-On, Tamir; Escobedo, Luis G.

doi:10.1080/14660970.2016.1267632

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“…In 2018, the FIFA world ranking measure was changed, and therefore, we decided to stop our analysis in 2017 to allow for time comparisons[2]. According to Bar-On and Escobedo (2016, p. 1), “FIFA was created in Zurich in 1904 in order to oversee international football competitions among eight European states.” According to Karminsky and Polozov (2016, p. 161), “the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking is a monthly status list of the world’s current senior national teams […] [and] takes into account the results of all the international matches.” Matches are weighted and therefore not all wins are weighted equal (e.g. a win against a top NTF is weighted more in FIFA ranking calculation due to its greater difficulty).…”

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Intellectual capital and performance in temporary teams

Massaro

Mas

Bontis

et al. 2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to deepen resource-based view theory by analyzing how intellectual capital (IC) affects performance in temporary teams and by showing the moderating role of integrative mechanisms. Design/methodology/approach The research context focuses on 153 national teams of football (NTF), also referred to as national soccer teams, as an example of temporary groups. A partial least squares (PLS) methodology was utilized on a data set built from transfermarkt.com and FIFA world rankings. Three main hypotheses were developed and tested using first a PLS and then an OLS approach. Findings The results show how IC contributes to performance, extending the findings of previous studies to the context of temporary teams. Additionally, the results show how some integrative mechanisms such as assembly decisions and team leader experience influence temporary team performance by creating an interaction effect with existing IC. Originality/value This study contributes to IC theories for three reasons. First, it applies IC research to a specific research context: temporary teams, where specific organizational capabilities are required to coordinate resources. Second, the study analyzes the role of integrative mechanisms as moderators of the relationship between IC and performance in temporary teams. Third, the study focuses on NTF as an example of temporary teams.

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Intellectual capital and performance in temporary teams

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Bontis

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“…Scholars have previously examined International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) from a postcolonial perspective. They argued that through the Eurocentric foundations of FIFA, the majority of FIFA leaders coming from European countries, and the on-the-field dominance by colonial powers at the World Cup, FIFA reinforces a colonial worldview (Bar-On & Escobedo, 2019). An examination of the previous literature, as well as the established theoretical framework, has guided the development of the following research questions:…”

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On the “Basketball Africa League”: Framing Analysis of the Broadcast Commentary of an African Professional Basketball League

Slater

Burch

Zimmerman

2022

Communication & Sport

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The inaugural season of the National Basketball Association–supported Basketball Africa League (BAL) featured 12 teams from the African continent, competing in a Champions League-style competition. This brand-new professional endeavor featured player rosters mandated to feature a certain number of players from each of the countries in which the individual teams were based, with rosters also including a small number of foreign players. Proceeding from a Framing Theory paradigm, two coders examined the broadcasts of the BAL competition, analyzing for descriptors including physicality, intelligence, nationality, and experience. Most descriptors pertained to athlete success or failure, with significant findings for most descriptors between nationalities. Ideas for future research are also discussed.

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“…The second factor affecting the evolution of competitive balance in a World Cup corresponds to how many slots are allocated to the different confederations. Bar-On and Escobedo (2019) argue that FIFA exacerbated a colonialist legacy by favouring European and South American above African, Asian, Central and North American and Caribbean (CONCACAF), and Oceanian members in the allotment of men's World Cup slots. They consider that it 'remains a decidedly Westerncentric/ Eurocentric, or South American affair.…”

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Policy, political and economic determinants of the evolution of competitive balance in the FIFA women’s football World Cups

Scelles

2021

International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics

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Competitive balance is a key concept in sports economics. It postulates the necessity of sporting equilibrium between playing strengths to generate outcome uncertainty and thus fan demand. When looking at national teams, policy and political factors can help explain competitive balance. This article is interested in the evolution of competitive balance in the FIFA women's football World Cups over the 1991-2019 period. It aims to identify the policy, political and economic determinants of this evolution. The theoretical framework brings together the macro and sports policy factors leading to international sporting success, the historical policies and politics of gender equality and women's football impacting participation, and the economics and politics of the evolution of competitive balance that is positively impacted by an increase in participation. The research adopts a mixed methods approach, with the data relying both on sources documenting the historical policies and politics of gender equality and women's football, and the measurement and determinants of the competitive balance in the women's football World Cups. The results show that competitive balance has increased over time, consistent with the idea that the growing participation internationally translates in a better quality of the different playing strengths that, ultimately, leads to a better competitive balance. This growing participation internationally is related to the different (sport) policies and politics across countries, and the decisions made by FIFA, in particular the number of teams taking part in the competition and the breakdown per confederation as incentives for national associations to develop their women's football team.

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FIFA seen from a postcolonial perspective

Cited by 12 publications

References 16 publications

Intellectual capital and performance in temporary teams

Intellectual capital and performance in temporary teams

On the “Basketball Africa League”: Framing Analysis of the Broadcast Commentary of an African Professional Basketball League

Policy, political and economic determinants of the evolution of competitive balance in the FIFA women’s football World Cups

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