In reply to: Was FIFA the correct target? posted by NDBass
Her beef should be with the people that did the voting.
Also, I had to fix the quote. Switch out "white" for "male".
Again, they created the process for the award. Somehow a girl that hasn't even played a U-20 match was allowed to be nominated. Whatever their weighting system was, it clearly allowed for U-17 coaches or Venezuelan influence to be focused on one relatively unknown player, while other internationals were splitting votes.
What is she supposed to say? Voters are stupid/bias? Fine, but the system should recognize inherent bias and now allow for something like this.
This would be like Freddy Addu being a finalist because American voters didn't have anyone else to vote for.