After FC Barcelona decided to take the train to Madrid to play Getafe FC, many news media around the world noticed. It shows that when football does the right thing, people pick up on it.
Bloomberg followed with the following piece, in which Frank got the chance to talk about the football calendar.
But that’s not the way tournaments are designed, said Frank Huisingh, the founder of Fossil Free Football, a group of football fans that works to raise climate awareness among the sport’s main stakeholders. In a bid to maximize profits, football associations are designing tournaments that involve playing more matches across larger geographic areas. The 2026 FIFA World Cup, for example, will be jointly-hosted by 16 cities in Canada, the US and Mexico, compared to one small country in 2022. “But that’s not the way tournaments are designed, said Frank Huisingh, the founder of Fossil Free Football, a group of football fans that works to raise climate awareness among the sport’s main stakeholders. In a bid to maximize profits, football associations are designing tournaments that involve playing more matches across larger geographic areas. The 2026 FIFA World Cup, for example, will be jointly-hosted by 16 cities in Canada, the US and Mexico, compared to one small country in 2022.
“There’s a lot of pressure on UEFA and FIFA to limit the amount of games because players are overburdened physically and mentally,” Huisingh said. “But there’s a direct link with climate: If you lower the number of matches, you have less travel by teams and fans.”
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