Origins, Voting, Politics: A Guide to the Ballon d'Or
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- čas přidán 13. 05. 2024
- Established in 1956, the Ballon d'Or is the most prestigious individual award a football player can receive. But alongside being revered, the award is also viewed as one of the most controversial prizes in the industry. This video essay breaks down the politics of the Ballon d'Or, covering aspects from the trends of winners and contenders, to how Ballon d'or voting works and the psychology of its voters.
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"Messi, Ronaldo, and the Politics of Celebrity Elections" served as the principal reference for this video essay.
0:00 Introduction
0:50 The History and Iterations of Ballon d'Or
3:05 Why Football Players Desire The Ballon d'Or
5:55 The Voting Process
7:25 Ballon d'Or Winning/Runner-up Trends
11:10 The Bias of Ballon d'Or
15:05 Conclusion
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Tags: #ballondor #messi #ronaldo - Komedie
I've never understood the need to have awards that are voted for in sport. Surely the whole point of football is that it's decided on the pitch?
someone still has to select a winner. The question is who?
Teams win on pitch, individuals win awards.
If there is no room for subjectivity there is no beauty.
i aggree with you
And there's a catch that rules and criteria changes with time to suit the winner.
My grandpa used to say Lev Yashin was the greatest goalkeeper who ever lived and even "they" recognized it ("they" being the corrupt and decadent west😅). For decades he'd sit watch a match and in the the end say "ah, we just don't have a man like Yashin anymore, what can the team do when they don't have a good goalkeeper?"
It's kind if nuts that he was the only goalkeeper ever to be awarded.
There are so few clips of his gameplay, and it's not even confirmed that they're his best saves or his best moments, and yet we still get amazed how good his play were, how immovable he was. Regardless of how advanced football was, you can't change how good the individual shots players hit were, so to discredit Yashin is to discredit all goalkeeping as a whole, and to think he also revolutionized and pioneered the sweeper keeper style so he undoubtedly would be incredible still in the modern era and would only be regarded better because of how well we can track highlights and moments now, this is why I still believe The Black Spider to be the best goalkeeper to ever live. He is even beyond Gianluigi Buffon, which isn't that far back either as he could also stop a meteor from hitting Earth if he wanted to.
Both of you are wrongz lev yashin had the narrative and that's what it takes to win the ballondor even to be inducted, 2018 modric just won it due to participation dude could even carry a team in his own, Messi didn't deserve the ballondor in 2023, 2013 Ronaldo getting it didn't make sense, 2021 Messi should have given it to lewandowski, damn ballondor is righed
@@kevinjersey3136 Lewa didn't deserve it in 2022. He wasn't even the best player in the Bundesliga and that's the only trophy he won that season while Messi won Coper American and Coper-delay. In which he was the best player in both. So Messi's performance was better when you include the fact that he had more goal contributions( goals and assists) than Lewa
Yeah that's why shit goal keeper never gets golden gloves
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1. An individual award, especially one as glamorised as the Ballon d'Or, for a team sport, is just dumb.
2. If the award must exist, shouldn't it be voted for by those with the most knowledge of the sport, i.e. the coaches? But that would mean the coaches would have to watch/analyse all the professional players worldwide for the entire season, which is impossible. Hence, it's a dumb award.
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Excellent video mate! I was recently reading on Twitter that Roberto Martinez did not know or understand enterily the rules/criteria for the recent The Best award. That could also be a crucial factor... again, great video and editing
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Thank you so much for this great comment! 😁🙏🏽 On your third point, I also found that very interesting - it feeds back into the “script” narrative, where players are chosen more so because of what they may represent than their actual achievements on the field. And I’ll pass on your kind words to Sam! 😊
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Haaland is the biggest example of goalscorer Bias. Aside from his goals, he doesn't do much in the field, I am baffled how people elevates him for scoring that many goals in a club that generates a lot of opportunities, while he has never been better than Mbappe.
I personally think KDB deserved it
@@mohammedalamoudi2032 agree, KDB had a bigger impact then Haaland
People will never understand it. I get sick and mad when i hear that Haaland is the best player in the world. I can't even get how people can be so blind and biased to the point of confusing best player and top goalscorer For me, there's always a clear difference between the two things even if at times some players get to embody the two things which obviously isn't the case of Erling Haaland.
@@AbedCruz he legit won it for more or less the same reason as ronaldo most of his st years. If a same as most strikers that have won. If you dont want players that are legit told to stay up the field to win the award just say so
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This politics has made it impossible for players like Ribbery and lampard from winning it
I’m excited for the Ballon d’Or moving forward though! Watching Messi and Ronaldo dominate was amazing, but to see new, younger faces be contenders is going to be really fun. 🔥
It has also made it impossible for players like lewandoski, van dijk and halland to win
True. Lampard was easily the best in the world in 2005. Ronaldinho actually deserved in 2006 more than 2005.
Also Zlatan, Lewa, Van Djik
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Great explainer on the history of the ballon d’or and the politics/celebrity around it. Apart from the factors mentioned (position, playing in spain, club’s history) that make a player more likely to win one, it’s also interesting that statistically, even post inclusion of non european players, there aren’t a lot of nonwhite players who’ve won it despite maybe a significant amount of football enjoyers who would agree that they should have (thierry henry comes to mind). Always wondered if there is also a racial bias (its france after all…) or if this just speaks to the dominance of messi-ronaldo during those times. Still excited to see what the future of football holds with new superstars and youngsters on the rise and how the ballon d’or changes (or not 🤷) along with it
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It isn't really that complicated. Scoring the most goals in a season is obviously a big achievement, however Messi winning the world cup was the biggest achievement during the 2022-23 season. The journalists who voted also saw it that way. The final result wasn't even close, he won by over a 100 points
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If Ballond'or was given purely based on individual perfomance, messi would have 10 of them
That's a lie. He wouldn't . What are you on about ?
@@seige8621 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019. My bad it is 9. But you got my point
He will ...in the last 15 years..he has like 10 years where he leads in g/a@@seige8621
@@seige8621yes he would have 10 of them , He do almost every work of A MidFilder and Striker , Messi can be Top Goalscorer in the World at the same time + Top Assister in the world + at the same time with most MOTM + at the same time with most dribbles + at the same time with Most Important chances or passes created in one single season or Year
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You have amazing voice, so nice to listen to you :D As for Ballondor Messi is king
Another great video, though I imagine if this reaches the more rabid fans, you're gonna end up facing some issues
Thank you! And I hope not aha, I’m a fan of every footballer shown in the video essay.
I highly recommend audiences to watch this video till the very end.
Funny thing is when u mentioned midfielders, u showed Bellingham scoring instead of defending or assist
I know right? People like Modric would be overlooked due to goal and assist stats.
I've no doubt this is as well crafted as your other works; but, I don't care about the subject anywhere near enough to spend 15 minutes on it.
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Reality is ballon d'or has become the holy grail in football, as down the years players who came close to challenging (Lewandowski, Haaland,...) will usually become an afterthought and only the winners gets remembered. Even people not associated with football will judge based on individual achievements and i feel the process has unjustly favored some over others even if they did not deserve it. Finally the voting process has so many flaws as players from the same league are relectant to vote for their opposition players even if the are the best and i believe that is what happened to Haaland.
Balon dor is not a golden boot award. Let that sink in
@@malcolmcurve9511 brother thinks he done something, it golden boot is not one of the criteria's why did Messi win the Balon d'Or for the 2012 season even though Barcelona did not win anything of significance? And tbh yes golden boot is not the only criteria but goals throughout the year show the consistency of the player not just at a single tournament.
@@malcolmcurve9511brotha most palayers with the ballodors are golden boot winners
Good video and analysis, I tend to agree with the narrative, however, I think it fails when individually analysis Messi. I'm a united fan and I have all the reasons to not want him to win, but it's actually insane watching him performing live. I'm sure there are biases and we are complex creatures so the psycho analysis have some level of truth but I don't think we actually understand how good the guy is, and the likes of Ronaldo Fenomeno, Cristiano, Ronaldinho, Modric, Iniesta, these guys are basically another level.
Lewandowski deserved the award in 2020; Messi deserved in 2021.
The 2023 award is a 50/50 for me. Messi was exceptional in the world cup and had a good season with PSG.
Haaland broke goalscoring records but his playing style doesn't really inspire awe. He might have won it had he shone during the latter stages of the champions league.
I still feel that he's not the most important player at Man City. They might have won it without Haaland as they had reached a final and semi-final in the preceding years.
But then I'd be totally ok with Haaland winning it too.
What I feel is that Messi and Ronaldo have ruined the evaluation standards for the prize. Both of them played so well for a long period that only statistics and trophies could be used as a metric to decide who was the better one in a particular season.
This has left a bias on the voters' minds for players who either score more goals or win big trophies.
For instance, I'd argue that Mbappe and Rodri were better than Haaland in the last season in terms of overall performance level. Mbappe could literally win games on his own when his team was struggling. But he didn't win the World cup or the Champions league.
Similarly, Rodri was arguably the most important for City in their treble winning campaign. He was consistent throughout the season and was the main engine of the team. But he didn't score many goals or register assists because of his position.
There is also the issue of decent players being hyped up for the award just because they won a huge trophy. We saw this when Jorginho was being considered as a prime candidate just because he won the Euros and the Champions league. He was great in that campaign but he was nowhere near the level of Messi and Lewandowski.
The Ballon d'Or awards in the future might be even more controversial. In the past, there were exceptional players who were proper ballers. This made it easy to spot who was the best player in a team. But now, the game has become so rigid and tactics-heavy that only strong, fast athletes are coming up the ranks. Nowadays, how often do we see players who dribble like Messi, Neymar or Ronaldinho?
This means that players who just simply stat-pad will also be in contention for the Ballon d'Or.
Alvarez won treble plus a World Cup and no ballon dor. He deserved the most. It’s all a scam.
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@@doctorsilva1345 He wasn't even a starter
He did show it in the layer stages in the Cl what are you saying
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So am I the only one wondering this.. what’s Alexander’s opinion on all 8 of Messi’s Ballondor’s? Or at least since the Messi cr7 era where they’ve dominated. I feel like he’s got an interesting opinion/ answer
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Best example of football politics is recent Fifa the best award which was won by messi but the thing is the voting period started after the world cup.
how is this not viral
It’s gaining some traction, hopefully will get more recognition. 😁
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Ballon d'or is a vote based award just like the NBA Mvp in basketball, they will be times when there's a clear winner and there's times where the race is tight and either of the player could win it. So who ever will win it they are some people who will say it's not true, so of cos since Messi won it so many times have many of those haters. But elite players vote, coaches vote, media vote and fans vote, the magnitude of the players counts his name and respect people have for him, that's what made Messi win the fifa the best award few months ago. Messi is the greatest of all time
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11:31 and Julian Alvarez
the award became international in 1995 not in 2007 , George Weah was the first non European player to win it .
From 1995 to 2006, it was officially limited to European leagues. Only in 2007 and beyond did the eligibility for nomination extend to players from any international league - this is how Neymar was able to make the Top 10 in 2010 despite not playing in a European league.
@@watchalexander great explanation, thanks for taking the time to correct my misunderstanding.
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Henry not winning it and not even making it in their team of the year due to failure in the euros was certainly political. France Football blackballed him, absolutely no way Shevchenko was better in that year.
the fact Mbappé hasn’t won yet is enough for me to not respect it anymore. This is how they done Henry dirty.
What does pff field behavior have to do with your on field performance??
Playing for either FC Barcelona or Real Madrid, appears to be the biggest deciding factor for winning ballon d`ors.
these clubs have the most amount of winners throughout history(even if we disregard both Messi and Cr7) Both clubs have the most winners throughout history.
In my opinion, defenders and none attacking midfielders are robbed in ballon d`or voting, Busquets, Alonso, Kante, KDB, Rodri, Maldini, Ramos etc. All of these are some of the greatest players of all time,
and goalkeepers like Cech, Neuer, and Alisson should also likely have won atleats 1 ballon d`or.
i do believe that national bias is also a factor for why certain players don`t win the ballon d`or, i do believe that players like Salah and Haaland are examples of this, Salah is an egyptian and Haaland is a Norwegian. And as these nations don`t have the previous weight of the achievements of footballing nations like Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Portugal, France, England etc, players like Salah and Haaland, get penalized due to where they are born.
To summarise, ballon d'ors have become a joke. Especially since they gave top goalscorer award or something to Lewandowski and Haaland when messi won... It felt like a consolation prize to shut them up.
When Messi won it over Lewy it was well deserved. Barcelona was already bad and Lio was receiving standing ovations by opposing crowds.
Okay. I guess we have a new factor to count for Ballon dor.
Number of standing ovations by opposing team 😂
I swear Messi fans are ridiculous.
Also when Messi played with PSG and only scored 6 goals in a season they started talking about G/A and number of posts hit by Messi.
2 things that no one cared about in football before Messi fans started talking about them due to an embarrassing season.
@@joeymontanaacriteria change to benefit messi
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They should've called it the striker award, coz how should defenders and Middle fielders compete with all those goals
No Mather your opinion, it those not change the fact that Ronaldo, being the Fans favorite does not have the vote power for the most iconic individual awards. Even his teammates voted for Messi a few times.
Interesting
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I always thought clubs and voters should vote unbias and have to vote for someone else besides on ur team or someone you support but we’d need interviews for voters which would be better
*Messi deserves to win the Ballon d'Or every year, even when he is retired from football, he still deserves to win it every year.*
Dumb pessi fans logic lol
He also deserves Grammy, oscar, NBA MVP award, K-pop album of the year award, crunchyroll anime of the year award and so on.
The most strange thing is that Messi doesn’t even care about individual awards, but he deserve every single balloon or he won. He’s the greatest of all time and he have a very humble personality so I think that’s the reason he’s very likable to all the coaches and everyone else voting , what he do on the pitch cannot be done by anyone else he’s one of his kind
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I think ballon d'or should be based on how much a player contributed towards team success, lyk how the goalkeepers, middle & wingers defend & create for the team... strikers should only receive golden boot, coz all they do is wait for a supply, unless they are lyk Messi who can dominate from supply to finishing in a distance & all directions...
It's not just about the supply, but it's also about the finish. And who provides that finish? Strikers who are lethal in the box. Your messi argument is completely stupid.
Messi, especially since he doesn't track back is completely useless in terms of player contribution.
You can roll around all you want, but it doesn't change the fact that football is a team game, where each player does their respective job.
Goal scorers are considered important as finishing is the most important aspect of the game, as pros themselves have said. Goals are directly proportional to the impact the player delivers.
Still will favor strikers
what about the super ballon d'or?
Please never forget Ronaldo is the all time leading goal scorer he has the best goal per game ratio in la liga history he led Portugal winning a euro cup he’s won championships in 5 different leagues including 3 of the top 5 he’s won 5 champions league titles as well as 5 IFFHS top scorer awards and is also the top scorer in champions league history and will always be the GOAT. 🐐
He was carried in euros .
😂 " led "
He was given 4 awards by papa Perez.
He only had a better laliga goal ratio than Messi because of Messi playing his younger years there, if you look at the goal ratio between Ronaldo joining and leaving Real Madrid Messi had a better laliga goal ratio in that time! 😂
Any reputable public award in existence nowadays has politics intertwined within it. It's something that people prefer these days. The Oscars had quotas introduced a while ago in their selection. It's nothing new or groundbreaking.
The fact that this video has the thumbnail that it has, can also be framed as a clever use of politics/bias running around currently. No amount of sophistication can escape the basic crude ways of ensuring personal profit at the expense of others.
You need a balon door for every position
12:18 dude that was 2022
At 12:12 I mentioned on screen that the Ballon d’Or he won for 2023 was based on the previous football calendar; hence, I referred to it as a 2023 accomplishment in the context of the Ballon d’Or.
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Mbappe & Haalands expression. 💀😂
Always remember that Messi and Fifa are family
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Typical Penaldo fanboi...Who is salty about their useless idol....
Remember Fifa didn’t stop him from performing in Fifa tournament like Wc... It's him who Bottled it...
Football is politics until it's on the pitch. Smaller clubs can still slam big clubs these days still. Awards and all aren't entirely football related anymore.
Ronald cried because he knew Ribery deserved that award in 2013-2014.
Lets be real, baloon d'oor is becoming more irrelevant with every passing year. At first it was important and prestigious, then it became "Did Messi have a better season than Ronaldo" reward and now it's "How can we bend the voters so they give it to messi" and quite honestly, the future seems only grimmer for the award. It has become "The most hyped good player" award as presented by Mbapes constantly high position in rankings despite playing in a non top5 league for the most of seasons, and doing very little to deserve it (world cup years excluded). Players that are actually good but play for less marketable clubs are constantly snubbed in favour of any Madrid or Barca player. I lost all my interest in the award fairly early in the messi/ronaldo era of dominance, i guess most of the fans did too, and the vacuum they will leave once they retire will be too much for bias france football to handle so they will forcefully create new rivalry. It was shaping up to be Haaland/Mbape but i feel like unless Haaland moves to Real, Bellingham will replace him. All they need is a player consistent enough so they can push for him, and that's when (if it happened) people will lose all interest in the award.
I want to close this comment with where i feel it all went downhill for the award:
Once you had to earn it on the field, now you just have to be a "good boy"