Two Brands of Football: Differing kinds of Arrogance

If you are an organization that is so powerful it can make governments impose the laws it wants to, how much chance do you think you have forcing them to implement a rule you want, no matter how trivial?

FIFA has made sure you cannot drink any other beer than its sponsor's within the area around stadiums FIFA hosts games in. FIFA can ignore clear goals simply by stating "the referee didn't see it". And because it's their party, they can pretty much set aside any form of criticism. You don't insult the host after all.

I'm quite sure the NFL makes a lot of money, even though its appeal as a sport barely stretches past the North American coast (although as a novelty having a game or two in London or Berlin definitely sells tickets). They implement rules changes when it supports the good of the game. If this means slowing the game down, so be it. If this makes the game 'less human', so be it. I would definitely argue that NFL football is one of the most fair sports in the world. More fair at least than FIFA's brand of football.

Then again FIFA doesn't have the threat of work stoppages every ten years.