With the soccer World Cup kicking off last week in South Africa, it is interesting to consider the effects that standardization has played in spreading the popularity of the game internationally.
Modern soccer stems from mid 19th century efforts to standardize the rules of various codes of football played throughout English public schools during the era.
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A couple of weeks ago I was at San Diego where I chaired an event at CTIA.
Whenever I am in a foreign country (which is often…), I try to get some insights from local Taxi drivers. On one such taxi ride, I mentioned to the driver that back home (in the UK), we drive on the left hand side of the road. To which he remarked: ‘Well, why don’t they (UK) drive on the right like everyone else in the world…’
Out of curiosity, I asked him where else had he traveled so far considering his comment about ‘everyone else in the world’ to which he replied: ‘Canada and Mexico.’
I have to smile… But on a more serious note, having once lived in New Zealand there is a country which did something unprecedented.
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