FIFA stands for Frakking International Soccer Association?

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What I dont get is why France thinks it the world authority on all these sports that have no connection to France.

Soccer=England
Baseball= USA
Hockey=Canada
Etc.

All these sports not from France but France thinks it has international authority on.

Elessar · 31-35, M

@MethDozer Football*'s origin is actually disputed. It could've arguably been based on the Florentine one they play(ed) here

MethDozer · M

@Elessar yes forms of football in a loose sense existed in multiple places simultaneously.

Association football( soccer) as we know it is an English game.