Greg Yerashotis
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first heard Jul 2026
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I'm thinking also of the treatment of the Iranian national team.
And so while we celebrate the inclusionary force,
that that sport can have.
Sport is reflective of society more so than it is world unto itself.
So oftentimes you get the power inequalities that exist in society also existing in a sport.
And you see this sort of play out even in the tournament.
And I would say that FIFA right now has a big issue with credibility and integrity.
And you saw this play out
In the case when Donald Trump has famously intervened in the tournament, it just flies in the face of what you consider fair sport and the symbolics of what that's supposed to be.
But no, I think you're right.
There is much work to do to make the event happen.
fully inclusive.
I think also the point you raised about the way that certain teams are discussed in the media, certain players are discussed in the media, particularly the African nations.
There's been several studies that have shown a certain degree of media bias in the way that
The way that black athletes are discussed in and around global soccer, more around their physicality over their technical ability.
There's been some examples of some global sporting figures.
I'm thinking of Baustin Schweinsteiger from Germany.
He made a comment about the tactics of African nations and how they play a more disorganized sport.
So there are these sort of legacies of colonialism that are embedded within global soccer that still very much, I think, need to be weeded out.
That being said, I also think that my favorite World Cup was when the South Africans hosted the event.
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