ballon do’or

Ballon D’or voting is a joke

Last Monday, Lionel Messi won the Ballon D’or, a yearly award given out by FIFA to the top player in world soccer. Each country’s national team’s head coach, captain, and one journalist gets a vote. These people are allowed to vote for three players; the first player gets five points, second gets three, and third gets one. But like all things FIFA, the process by which this award is voted on is an absolute joke. However, in a rare instance of transparency within FIFA, we can actually look at the ballots cast by all participants. My main issue with the…

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