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Global Health Economics and
Sustainability
Promoting peace through microbiology and sports

he resorted to using two cards’ colors (yellow and red) for Nations that qualify to play the FIFA World Cup mostly
his seriousness. get similar treatment; they all receive appearance fees.
FIFA first used colored cards in the Mexico 1970 They get equal environmental treatment; similar training
World Cup, based on self-assessing the 1966 World Cup. pits, dressing rooms, and hostels. These fair treatments are
This change contributed to a drastic reduction in injuries missing in most national educational systems. But to solve
or violent behaviors; cards were issued against “abusive” most of the world’s problems, it must start with academic
or violent players. Preparation and self-assessment are institutions. How some individuals are treated while on
not the only strategies used by FIFA and coaches; all campus determines how most of them would behave after
the “5Ps of life” (Pulle, 2022) are also used. Players pray completion, except for a few who might behave differently.
before each match and after scoring (OperaNews, 2021) Fair play experiences in football matches are not
(Figure 4). These practices are needed for peace, health, applicable in all life situations, like the COVID-19
and entrepreneurship (Pulle, 2022). pandemic. Every nation has some regions or states that

Most men, unlike women, do not consider their are always described as the poorest. Individuals would
health seriously; men adopt risky behaviors to prove their appreciate the special initiatives taken by various nations
masculinity. For male footballers, the story is different, as to end poverty/hunger in these regions/states. Eradicating
displayed on the field when playing. With a small touch poverty in these regions is linked to the UN SDG 1.
from the opponent, the football player rolls over several It makes no sense to talk about “inclusive and equitable
times while moaning as if he is almost dying. If male education” (UN DESA, United Nations, 2022) when students
footballers are able to change this old cyclic perception in poor regions/states continue studying under dilapidated
negatively affecting the health-seeking behaviors of men, structures with limited resources, with their mates studying
anyone who prioritizes health would be able to behave under the best infrastructures (Cedering & Wihlborg, 2020;
likewise. Medium.com, 2019; Smith, 2017). The problem is that they
A player seen playing in the stadium, especially the write the same examination with the same assessment. These
FIFA World Cup (FIFA.com, 2022), means that he/she is realities agree with facts globally (Cedering & Wihlborg,
healthy/fit without injury. A national team with sick or 2020), where rural schools lack funding.
injured players would perform poorly (Yi et al., 2019), It is difficult for deprived areas students to get leaked
irrespective of how good the players are. This perfectly examination materials (Menon & Thane, 2020; Manjunath,
agrees with the saying, “Your health is your wealth.” Before 2019). Sadly, the same cutoff points are used to admit them
every match, each player’s health and physical fitness are into colleges and universities. Painfully, those who attended
assessed. the best schools use that to stigmatize their colleagues for
These findings align with the idea that players take their attending “village school” (Cedering & Wihlborg, 2020;
health seriously; a player’s health status is the primary Medium.com, 2019; Smith, 2017).
criterion for training and football matches (Bennett et al., Some educated persons, after completion, become
2022). To do any training or play for one’s team, one must addicted to the superiority complex due to their
be fit and healthy without injury (Bok & Foster, 2021). Even actions as students on campus; they still have a negative
if a player is healthy and fit with no injury, some specific mentality about those from “villages” (Togioka et al.,
positions require specific physical abilities such as talents, 2022). Individuals like that also mostly become racists/
tactical awareness, running speed, and technical skills of tribalists; they discriminate against certain races/tribes
specific players (90mins, 2022; Bok & Foster, 2021).
(Togioka et al., 2022), sick/disabled persons (Togioka
4.2. Objective two: To identify how COVID-19 and et al., 2022), and poor individuals (Togioka et al., 2022).
football lessons can help reduce rising global hate They discriminate against and stigmatize such individuals
crimes for the global common good in every social relationship intellectually, as exposed by
COVID-19 (Togioka et al., 2022; Pulle, 2021).
With the exception of the Holy Books (Bible/Quran),
nothing on earth teaches how to love and live in unity These realities agree with findings where discriminations
more than sporting activities (Pulle, 2018a). Every 4 years, and stigmas against different kinds of individuals were
football brings the whole world together as one big identified (Togioka et al., 2022; Pulle, 2021). In the murder
family to entertain and make money (History.com, 2023; and burning of a female student for alleged blasphemy,
Historyofsoccer.info, A., 2023). These sporting activities those who led the attack were her own classmates (Blessing,
give participating nations opportunities to practice the 2022). All these behaviors create anger and bitterness in
“Parable of the Good Samaritan.” some individuals who feel disenfranchised/neglected. The

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