The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : U.S. Soccer: Technically Czar-Free, and Winning: "Here's something I didn't realize in '06: some countries really do have soccer czars. Not just the Chinas of the world, either, but free and soccer-crazed countries. For instance, while reading this New York Times article about France's World Cup experience devolving into nation-wide racial discord (really), I was surprised to learn that France has a 'Sports Minister' and a 'junior sports minister,' both of whom Sarkozy called on the carpet and ordered 'to rapidly learn the lessons of this disaster' after France's ignominious World Cup exit."This is very funny to me. Just look back at the success with Team USA in the recent winter Olympics in Canada. The USA leadership has been in storm after storm in the past years. There has been a merry-go-round with USA's top leadership -- and -- the team thrived in terms of medals and overall victories.
We don't need any czars in America. They don't work, generally.
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Czars and OVERLORDS fail in the US in all settings. It isn't in our blood nor nature. Team USA was excellent in the recent winter Olympics BECAUSE the top brass was in storm after storm in recent years. They had serious leadership problems. Hence, they stayed out of the way of the athletes and coaches. Hence, BETTER productivity. Go figure. OWN THE PODIUM and other top-down, czar-ish, BS doesn't float well in our freedom loving psyche.
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