FIFA Ballon d’Or Rules

RULES OF ALLOCATION
The articles below relate to the following four awards:
- 2012 FIFA Ballon d’Or;
- 2012 FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men’s Football;
- 2012 FIFA Women’s World Play er of the Year;
- 2012 FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women’s Football
(each referred to herein as an “Aw ard” and collectively as the “Aw ards”)
Art. 1. The organisation and presentation of the Awards are administered by FIFA and the Amaury Group.
Art. 2. The Awards reward the best in each category, without distinction of championship or nationality,for their
respective achievements during the 2012 calendar year.
Art. 3. The Awards are bestowed according to on-field performance and overall behaviour on and off the pitch.
Art. 4. The winners of the Awards are selected by a diverse international jury made up of coaches of national
teams, captains of national teams and specialist journalists (list provided by Amaury Group and limited to
one journalist per country). Each of the three categories of jury has the same electoral weight. The results
of the individual votes of the jury members shall be published on the respective websites of FIFA and the
Amaury Group. For the avoidance of doubt,
a. captains of national teams can vote for coaches from the national/club team they represent;
b. captains and coaches of national teams can vote for players from the national/club team they represent;
c. nominated captains and coaches are not permitted to vote for themselves;
d. Specialist journalists can vote for players and coaches who are from their own country or who represent
clubs affiliated to their own country;
provided that any such vote is cast fairly and in accordance with these rules of allocation.

Full Rules are here:

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CBarca wrote:Wow thanks I've been searching ages for these!

No Problem.

I have a question for everyone.

Do you think and to what extent do you think "overall behaviour on and off the pitch" should and does have on the award?

The Franchise wrote:I have a question for everyone.

Do you think and to what extent do you think "overall behavior on and off the pitch" should and does have on the award?

As Rules clearly indicate that this award given for not only on field performance but your off the field behavior also. Who ever get this award will get lots of attention from all over the world,lots of kids will probably make the
player his idol.so fifa want to give this award to a player who has good character, well behavior,humble etc
That's why payer like Pepe will have hard time to get his award regardless of his on the field performance.

And do you agree with that?

Perhaps Pepe, Balotelli, these are extreme examples.

But what about other players?

Ibrahimovic for example?

The Franchise wrote:I have a question for everyone.

Do you think and to what extent do you think "overall behaviour on and off the pitch" should and does have on the award?

For the image of the sport, yes
In reality, no

The Franchise wrote:And do you agree with that?

Perhaps Pepe, Balotelli, these are extreme examples.

But what about other players?

Ibrahimovic for example?

Well, For example in the same year if Ibrahimovic and Ozil both have similar
Performance, i believe the award will go to probably Ozil because of Player Character.

And Honestly in my opinion, a team based sports like Football this type of award should not be existed.

You can never say a midfielder is more important than a forward or a GK is more valuable than a defender.
This type of award make no sense to me.

Luca wrote:

The Franchise wrote:I have a question for everyone.

Do you think and to what extent do you think "overall behaviour on and off the pitch" should and does have on the award?

For the image of the sport, yes
In reality, no

Same here.