Fifa's double standards towards implementation of anti-discrimunation principles in football

Abstract

Federation International de Football Association (FIFA) is an international governing body of association football that establishes sets of regulations to be adhered to by all association members. The sets of regulations classified as FIFA Statutes consist of numerous principles regarding sportsmanship that has to be complied in football as well as football playing rules. One principle included in that statutes is anti discrimination towards particular countries, individuals or races, skin colors, ethnics, national or social origins, genders, disabilities, languages, religions, political views, and other issues. Nevertheless, the anti-discrimination principles somehow were not implemented well by the international football association. This paper mainly addressed to provide analysis on how FIFA implement anti discrimination principles as an effort to enforce FIFA Statutes in the world of football. This study employed library research, in which FIFA Statutes became the main research subject. Based on the findings of this study, researcher figured out that FIFA as the one who established and complied football regulations have applied double standards in enforcement of anti-discrimination principles.