BXCellent OP t1_iy0064d wrote
Reply to comment by Competitive-Log4210 in TIL that FIFA is a French abbreviation, it would be IFAF in English, and England weren't an original member despite creating the game. FIFA also now has more members than the UN by BXCellent
International Federation of Association Football?
Ythio t1_iy074bc wrote
IFAB, International Football Association Board, maintains the "laws of the game", the official set of rules.
So you can write either Association Football or Football Association.
Noch_ein_Kamel t1_iy03ga9 wrote
> Association Football
Thats the problem.
IFFA could work - International Federation of Football Associations Or IFAF as international Football Associations Federation
ElatedAndElongated t1_iy03xlw wrote
The sport is called "Association Football"
LordUpton t1_iy0569l wrote
Yeah that's why the sport is also called soccer. Take the soc out of association and add a er sound onto the end.
Noch_ein_Kamel t1_iy056rb wrote
OH, well. TIL :-)
But anyway it's the federation of all assocations and not of "the sport"?!
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