Soccer and Fashion World

Soccer and Fashion World – Case Study

Introduction

The Federation International of Football Association (FIFA) was founded in the rear of the headquarters of the “Union Francaise de Sports Athletics” at the Rue Saint Honore 229 in Paris on 21 May 1904. The association has 209 members and based in Zurich. FIFA has 310 people from all Nations. When the idea of founding an international football federation began taking shape in Europe, the intention of those involved was to recognize the role of the English who had founded their Football Association back in 1863. Hirschman, secretary of the Netherlands Football Association, turned to the Football Association. Its secretary, FJ Wall, did accept the proposal but progress stalled while waiting for the Executive Committee of the Football Association, the International FA Board and the associations of Scotland, Wales and Ireland to give their opinion about the matter.

Guerin, secretary of the football department of the Union Societies Francaises de Sports athletics and a journalist with Le Matin newspaper, did not want to wait any longer. He contacted the national associations on the continent in writing and asked them to consider the possibility of founding an umbrella organization. The first FIFA Statutes were laid down and the following points determined: the reciprocal and exclusive recognition of the national associations represented and attending; clubs and players were forbidden to play simultaneously for different national associations; recognition by the other associations of a player's suspension announced by an association; and the playing of matches according to the Laws of the Game of the Football Association Ltd.

Each national association had to pay an annual fee of FF50. Already then there were thoughts of staging an international competition and Article 9 stipulated that FIFA alone was entitled to take over the organization of such an event. It was decided that these regulations would only come into force as of 1 September 1904. Moreover, the first Statutes of FIFA were only of a provisional nature, in order to simplify the acceptance of additional members. On the day of foundation, the Deutscher Fussball-Bund (German FA) sent a telegram confirming that it would adhere to these Statutes in principle.

Discussion

First, FIFA federation needs to identify what place that soccer has in the rapidly blooming fashion world. Since the fashion world is blooming rapidly in a positive way, FIFA should and they have analyzed on the benefits of infusing soccer into fashion. FIFA have managed to popularize soccer in the US via fashion industries such as Luis Vuitton, DolceGabana, H&M and many more. Along with the world craze soccer events, the fashion industries namely a few companies have involved in new marketing campaigns and have strengthened