http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/08/17/what-football-can-tell-us-about-societys-evolution/ Thoughts on a changing society. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:05:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/08/17/what-football-can-tell-us-about-societys-evolution/#comment-25956 Twitter Trackbacks for Laurent Haug’s blog » Blog Archive » What football can tell us about society's evolution [liftlab.com] on Topsy.com Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:06:34 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/08/17/what-football-can-tell-us-about-societys-evolution/#comment-25956 [...] Laurent Haug’s blog » Blog Archive » What football can tell us about society's evolution liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/08/17/what-football-can-tell-us-about-societys-evolution – view page – cached The BBC has a vizualisation of the evolution of premier league players’ birthplace over the past decade. Twenty years during which workers movements have been liberalized after the famous Bosman Ruling ended the quotas restricting the number of non-nationals on teams. What we see here through the lens of sport is the general trend towards globalization of the workforce, where talent gathers in places it can better be leveraged regardless of political or geographical constraints. — From the page [...] […] Laurent Haug’s blog » Blog Archive » What football can tell us about society’s evolution liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/08/17/what-football-can-tell-us-about-societys-evolution – view page – cached The BBC has a vizualisation of the evolution of premier league players’ birthplace over the past decade. Twenty years during which workers movements have been liberalized after the famous Bosman Ruling ended the quotas restricting the number of non-nationals on teams. What we see here through the lens of sport is the general trend towards globalization of the workforce, where talent gathers in places it can better be leveraged regardless of political or geographical constraints. — From the page […]

]]> http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/08/17/what-football-can-tell-us-about-societys-evolution/#comment-25412 laurent Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:35:26 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/08/17/what-football-can-tell-us-about-societys-evolution/#comment-25412 Thx for noticing! Thx for noticing!

]]> http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/08/17/what-football-can-tell-us-about-societys-evolution/#comment-25345 Jérôme Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:46:20 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/08/17/what-football-can-tell-us-about-societys-evolution/#comment-25345 Interesting and once again nice animation from the BBC... I do not mean to be nitpicking but we are actually talking about 20 years (and not 10) for the datas, the first measurement happend in 1989 (and not 1998)... does not change the outcome, and at the end it is still the Bosman ruling that has allowed the "globalisation" of soccer in 10+ years! Interesting and once again nice animation from the BBC… I do not mean to be nitpicking but we are actually talking about 20 years (and not 10) for the datas, the first measurement happend in 1989 (and not 1998)… does not change the outcome, and at the end it is still the Bosman ruling that has allowed the “globalisation” of soccer in 10+ years!

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