The International Olympic Committee (IOC) showed this Saturday his concern about the negative impact that the organization of a World Cup every two years can have, as studied by FIFA for a future.
Through an official statement, and after the meeting of its Executive Committee, the IOC explained that several international federations of other sports as well as national football federations, clubs, players, players’ associations and coaches, expressed their “strong reservations and concerns. “regarding plans to” generate more revenue for FIFA “through a World Cup every two years.
The three reasons that the international organization argued that it would be detrimental to reduce the time between worlds are, in its opinion, the impact on other sports, gender equality and the well-being of players.
Regarding the first, he stated that increasing the frequency and timing of the World Cup would create a clash with other major international sports: “This includes tennis, cycling, golf, gymnastics, swimming, athletics. , the Formula 1 and many others. This would undermine the diversity and development of sports other than soccer, “the IOC said.
Regarding the second, gender equality, he explained that the increase in men’s events on the calendar would create problems for the promotion of women’s football.
And, on the third, he noted that plans to double the frequency of the World Cup would create a “new and enormous pressure” on the physical and mental health of the players.
“The IOC shares these concerns and supports calls from football stakeholders, international sports federations and organizers of major events for a broader consultation, including representatives of athletes and that obviously it has not been carried out, “the IOC concluded in the aforementioned statement.
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