Green Football?

A 'green football weekend' is described, in which clubs attempt to do their thing to counter climate change. Activities include fitting solar panels to the roofs of stadia, providing charging points for electric cars etc (https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/feb/02/clubs-dont-take-it-seriously-enough-does-football-really-want-to-tackle-climate-crisis). 'Every little helps', but football (soccer) isn't intrinsically 'green'. These proposed minor savings on climate crisis-inducing 'greenhouse gas' emissions by modest, lower-league clubs, pale into insignificance, compared to those generated by the travelling of teams and fans of the 'big' clubs. This is especially true of international competition, where there seems to be an satiable appetite for more and more competitions, with greater numbers of teams, in remoter areas of the globe. Perhaps the clearest indication that finance is the only real consideration of football's ruling bodies is news that Fifa have added Visit Saudi to their commercial partnership structure, along with Adidas, Coca-Cola and Visa (https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/feb/01/saudi-arabia-tourism-bodys-sponsorship-of-2023-womens-world-cup-condemned-by-human-rights-groups). Visit Saudi is the tourism body for a country, with a long history of oppressing women. In spite of this, they are now a major sponsor of the 2023 Women's World Cup. The football organisations of Australia and New Zealand, who are hosting the event, appear less than happy at this news. Fifa loves its dosh!