'6+5' = B(ad)

This '6+5' rule that FIFA has voted to implement is ridiculous, arrogant, and communist. If enacted, it will impact domestic leagues worldwide, and will restrict the number of foreign players in a club's starting lineup to five. The move is primarily aimed at the Eurpoean leagues (most especially England's Premier League), who are being accused of soaking up the non-Euro talent (specifically those from Africa and South America), thus upsetting "the football karma".

The end result is to restore national identity to domestic leagues, and prevent them from harvesting talent from poorer continents so as those poorer continents can theoretically become less poor. What absolute stinking Bantha Poodoo.This rule isn't about fairness or national identity, or it shouldn't be--that's what the World Cup and regional Federation Cups are for.

At the heart of it are two things:

1) FIFA doesn't approve of the free market--aka "capitalism" (remember that FIFA is run by irritable liberals--just contrast the FIFA motto, "For the Good of the Game" with the communist ideology, "For the Good of the State");

and 2) the dirty secret may be that European crusties are waxing nostalgic for "the good ol' days" when European soccer (played by European players) dominated the World (who do these Africans and South Americans think they are?!)--sans English football (which has always been at odds with FIFA). I find it interesting that this rule almost exclusively is aimed the English Premier League (EPL), who are currently benefiting across the board from record heights of popularity. That means they are successful, and liberals hate any success, especially by such a powerful capitalist nation.

But all the politics and dumbness aside, the real losers of this would be the players--especially those from poor countries who dream of playing for Serie A, La Liga, the Bundesliga, and (of course) the EPL, in hope of improving their way of life. To us Americans, this means that players are having their Creator-given right to the "pursuit of happiness" threatened by a bunch of crotchety old liberal men.

The saving grace for now is that the agreed-on proposal violates dozens of economic and employment laws on every major continent, not the least being those of the European Union and the United States. So uh, yeah... good luck with that FIFA.