Assess The Importance Of Diversity In Today's Society

Many football experts are now concerned about the game becoming increasingly homogenous as “for many years soccer has been played in different styles, expressing the personality of each people, and the preservation of that diversity is more necessary today than ever before”. (E. Galeano 2003). This suggests that the standardisation of practices can pose a threat to the uniqueness of the styles. “Local cultures typically fail to resist globalisation processes” (Giulianotti, Robertson, 44), considering that the focus of top European clubs is increasingly driven towards results and performances, rather than quality and style of play.