What a timely article. Since we are currently studying protectionism, what are your thoughts on this article. The head of the European Soccer Association wants to limit the number of foreign players on European teams. What will be the consequences of such actions?
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I'm the first to comment! Protectionism applied to this case is just like what we are learning in class; it will actualy harm us even though it is trying to protect us from foreign competition. I don't know much about football but it is the combination of different players that makes a team. Who cares where they were born? They work together towards a common goal and if they do it with no problems let it stay that way. For example Studgarrt won last year's Euro cup, who was the captain a Mexican, what does it matter, they won!
oops misspelled Stuttgart :)
Joining people of different cultures to participate in something they love should not be eliminated, or in this case, reduced. Having people of different cultures is very effective because they can all learn different things from one another. It should not matter where you are from or what color you are. If this quota were to occur, teams all over would drop drastically in skill level. It is the diversity of teams that makes them so effective and entertaining to watch.
Man...soccer...im not going to say anything because i know soccer people read this and they might kick me, but all im going to say is...Commi...pure commi sport. (Ill explain at school if anyone wants to know what i really mean. )
Anyways, a players place of birth makes no diffrence to how a player plays. It is all in the heart of a player and team. I know it sounds corney, but ask anyone who plays competitive sports. The teams that go far, have great chemistry, and nationalility has nothing to do with it.
This could hurt us and them. It hurts us because its like their cutting off our relations with the other countries. But it hurt them more because most people probaly come to the game to see their favoriet player in the world which they cant see anywhere else.
Signing players from other regions helps in more ways than it hurts. Soccer wouldnt have thrived if it was played at a different skill level. Their are many local leagues that these up-an-comming "footballers" can play on. You have to earn your spot to play in the EPL. If you got beat out by a foreigner...try harder next time.
Well, i watch my own share of soccer, probably not as much as i use to, but i still do occasionally. My favortie tema is arsenal the team they have highlighted in those pictures, and also has the coach, arsene wenger commenting.Arsenal is notorious for having foreign players, and they don't jus go out and players at thier peak, they scout at early levels and sign talent...
I see where blatter is coming from because it causes local talent to be overshadowed because the market is so much bigger, it also makes the leagues grossly uneven becuase the richer teams can go around europe and sign the best players, where as the not rich teams have to stay locally and work with what they can get so the rich teams always do well and the others fall into place and a vicious cycle starts.
But still regardless of players being recruted or not the talent is going to come up the same. It will just be more difficult for the countries with less talent to get players out there when brazil, italy and elgnad are putting out tlaented players daily.
so there's really no way to fix it. Soccer is a global sport, the minute you try to improve the bottom countries' talent, all the others will take a hit as well..So keep foreigners on the field the best deserve to play.
While the article makes some very good points for putting a quota on foreign players, I think it comes down to the same anti-protectionist points as with anything else. Protectionism encourages competition - if nations want their own players on their teams, then they should work harder to stand out from the foreign players. If there's a quota, players from the team's country might not work as hard as they would if there was no quota.
I don't think this idea of protectionism in the sports world is very fair. It should not matter what country the player was born in, but rather how talented they are. If the player is extremely talented then why wouldn't you want him on your team? This way of thinking just doesn't make sense. Most of the time teams want people from other places so they can put the best of the best together on one team. I think it all comes down to who is talented and who isn't, not the nationality of the player.
Applying protectionism to the world of sports doesn't make much sense. Sports are so competetive - you want to be the best! Therefore, why would you want to limit the selection of players for your team? Teams want the best of the best; talent should be more important than nationality.
Limiting the number of foreign players will harm us no matter what that Blatter guy is saying. For example, we are paying David Beckham millions, maybe billions, of dollars just to have him play with the L.A. Galaxy for a couple of years. He earns a lot of money, and the L.A. Galaxy becomes one of the best. It's a win-win situation, kind of. It doesn't matter what nationality the player is, as long as they are good and benefit the team, then we should just move on, not make up rules. We want the best to become the best.
"Please welcome the German football team: consisting of 3 Germans!"
Am I seriously the only one here who thinks that sounds ridiculous? There is nothing wrong with keeping the majority of a nation's team consist of players of that team's nationality. Honestly, what's the point of each nation having its own team, if each nation's team has people from all the other nations? If that's the case, just have each team draw a piece of paper from a hat labeled "Team 1," "Team 2," "Team 3," etc.
Having protectionism for sports is silly. If someone comes offereing everything they have to an industry, then accept it and take them up on their offer. People need to quit being so concerned with where someone is from, etc. If someone's goal is to be a good soccer player, and they think being on a team where they can become better at what they do, then, by golly, let them play!! And as for the statistics at the bottom of the page, ticket prices for sporting events are ridiculous!! What ever happened to the good old days when money was not such a barrier to entertainment?!??!
This seems sooooooo old fashion to me. Denying someone a spot on a team because of where they were born? Its like the sports version of racism. it makes no difference where someone was born. As long as they have the skills required to be on the team, whats the problem??
Personally, I agree with the Arsenal boss, Arsene Wenger. It really doesn't matter in a sport like soccer where you were born, but it does matter whether you can play the game or not. I can understand Blatter's view that there will be too much foreign competition, but in a growing sport like soccer there has to be foreign players to expand the love of the game. Also, if there are foreign players in the EPL, then other countries will start watching those games and going to those games creating revenue for the EPL and expanding the popularity of soccer.
Soccer is a global sport, you need foreign players. When you bring people from other parts of the world to your team, your allowing a new idea or technique to be taught. Also, it should now matter where a player is born, as long as they're talented enough.
I think the whole idea of sports and sports teams is to create the best team possible. If that means recruiting players from other countries then thats what it is because thats the only way to get the best competition. Protectionism in sports could be beneficial because it would be interesting to see which country real did have the most talent and or combination of coaching skills but i still think recruitment across borders is ok.
That's ridiculous to block out players from other nations. People want to see the best soccer possible, they don't care whether the players are European or American or any other nationality. It's only harming the consumer because they don't get to see as good of soccer played.
I think that there are disadvantages and advantages that can come out of limiting foreign players in a European soccer league. As much as I love watching the teams now, I do believe it would be fairer for actual European players if the teams and selection were limitied.
I think that that is a bad idea. I believe that the best players should be on the field regardless of where they are from. Some countries just don't produce good soccer players and that country would just have a bad team. I believe that if someone is willing to pay for a foreigner to play on their team then that foreigner should have his options of who he wants to play for. Maybe the team he thinks will suit him better or the team that can offer him the most money. in his country soccer might not be big so he will not make a good salary and he needs this to make a living so he should be able to go to any country and play that wants him.
Truthfully it is not benefitting anyone to have protectionism used in this case. They are almost purposefully asking for a team that is not the best they can have. If they allow people of different nationality and origins join come then they can learn more and do a better job as a team. However by doing this they think they are doing something good for themselves by giving their people more of a chance, but really in the long sun they are hurting themselves.
Most soccer teams are teams from foreign countries, so limiting foreign players will limit the game. Im not a real fan of soccer but thats my intake.
I think its a pretty good idea. I would rather see like a prior citezenship requirement to be eligible to play for a countries team. It only makes sense that a person from or that lives in a country plays for that team. Its a pride thing, you should have that pride of playing for your country's team.
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