NASSAU (AFP) - FIFA will continue to examine the controversial "6+5" rule to limit foreign players on clubs that has angered European Union nations after a supportive vote at the FIFA Congress here.
Joseph "Sepp" Blatter, president of the global football governing body, backs the plan and cites a study saying the limiting of imports to five men on the field would be legal even as some nations see the idea as discriminatory.
"The 6+5 will come. It's just a matter of time," Blatter said.
The Congress voted 188-3 on Wednesday to have FIFA's executive committee continue working toward passage of the plan, which Blatter wants to see voted upon next year in South Africa.
An exploratory task force was created to investigate changing age rules for Olympic football, now open to players 23 and under with three exemptions. FIFA's executive committee backed a reduction in the age cap to 21.
"Certain members of the executive committee favor a reduction in the age," Blatter said.
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when we are talking about football and sport in general we put the political matter aside ,for me ,bllater's plan is right and it will be good for a countries national team to have a great and its national players will have more than one opportunities to show off their real skils and say "i also can do it whenever and wherever"
I think you'll find football is for everyone not just poor people. It was pretty much formulated by rich aristocrats so I have no idea where you got your soap box tirade from. And just what do North Korea, Iran, colonialism and homosexuality have to do with football??
This is discrimination against poor people. Again western countries basically Europe are dirty and ugly. They want to take on every single advantage this is unjust. Why competition will not be open for every human being regardless their origin?. These dirty countries make million people poor in world basically in africa they go everywhere to make rules for people, they come to africa and said africa government are not allowed to bailout their companies and now is them in turn to bailout their companies. Because of their unjustice when one country understands tehm will become rude like Iran and NKorea. As they (Europe) know that football is for poor people they are jealous the amount of money they earn and become rich in short lapse. whatever they will do. Poor people will live in this world and one day course will change, now it chine leading in production, india too. And these western countries is became wild how they can adopt rule for gay and lesbian?
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