Regardless of what you may think, and one must be naive to think this
is strictly football, the path ahead for IFF can be rough or very straight
forward:
There are many forces that do not want Irans foortball to be successful
both inside as well outside Iran.
Outside Iran, countries who have direct conflict of interest or dispute with
Iran will certainly not benefit from seeing Iran to enjoy a positive image at
world stage, that's very straightforward to understand. The effort to eliminate
Iran from WC even before this issue is the best example (mostly driven
by Israel).
Inside Iran, some at the very top do effectively the same thing. They hate
for Football to be successful. Anything that prevents them from getting the
attention of people is deemed bad. That's why for many years football
was sort of banned all together, and even today some inside the regime
probably LOVE the suspension and would like it to last for ever.
In my humble view, IFF or whoever is in charge MUST comply with what FIFA
says for the following reasons:
1-To be a part of an global organization like FIFA (or WTO ) member countries
Must abid by the rules. The time or the place to object to selected enforcment
of these rules is NOT now.
2-Agreement to FIFAs rule on seperation of Football and government is very
good for Irans football. It will add the transparency and accountability needed
to advance football.
3-Once Iran is accepted back to the FIFA community, it can then as a member
state, ask very legitimate questions, like how can Lebanon be eliminated from
Asian Cup due to Israeli invasion and yet Israel continue to particpate in
Football without any reprecussions?
It is not time to duel on the purpose behind FIFAs demands nor why IFF has
pretty much ignored these demands and let it get to this stage. It is time
to act quickly and reasonably to insure we are not eliminated from one of the
worlds greatest stages, one where we can show one of our many good sides.
In the end, it would be highly useless if people inside IFF or Tarbeyat Badani
attempted to point fingers instead of addressing FIFAs demands. Other countries
have been banned in the past and any delay/stall tactic will only harm our
Football and national interests.
is strictly football, the path ahead for IFF can be rough or very straight
forward:
There are many forces that do not want Irans foortball to be successful
both inside as well outside Iran.
Outside Iran, countries who have direct conflict of interest or dispute with
Iran will certainly not benefit from seeing Iran to enjoy a positive image at
world stage, that's very straightforward to understand. The effort to eliminate
Iran from WC even before this issue is the best example (mostly driven
by Israel).
Inside Iran, some at the very top do effectively the same thing. They hate
for Football to be successful. Anything that prevents them from getting the
attention of people is deemed bad. That's why for many years football
was sort of banned all together, and even today some inside the regime
probably LOVE the suspension and would like it to last for ever.
In my humble view, IFF or whoever is in charge MUST comply with what FIFA
says for the following reasons:
1-To be a part of an global organization like FIFA (or WTO ) member countries
Must abid by the rules. The time or the place to object to selected enforcment
of these rules is NOT now.
2-Agreement to FIFAs rule on seperation of Football and government is very
good for Irans football. It will add the transparency and accountability needed
to advance football.
3-Once Iran is accepted back to the FIFA community, it can then as a member
state, ask very legitimate questions, like how can Lebanon be eliminated from
Asian Cup due to Israeli invasion and yet Israel continue to particpate in
Football without any reprecussions?
It is not time to duel on the purpose behind FIFAs demands nor why IFF has
pretty much ignored these demands and let it get to this stage. It is time
to act quickly and reasonably to insure we are not eliminated from one of the
worlds greatest stages, one where we can show one of our many good sides.
In the end, it would be highly useless if people inside IFF or Tarbeyat Badani
attempted to point fingers instead of addressing FIFAs demands. Other countries
have been banned in the past and any delay/stall tactic will only harm our
Football and national interests.
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