5 reasons why the Ballon d’Or makes no sense

#1 It’s a team sport

A team game

This might be a bit of a controversial point but it does make sense. Football is a team game and the efforts of everyone involved is what leads to the success of a team.

There is no way that a team can win honours without a good defense, even if it had the best attack in the world. Similarly, there is also no chance for a team to win titles if it doesn’t have players that can put the ball into the net.

As a result, having an award like this – where it is usually the forwards that are adorned more – is against the very foundation of the sport. It glorifies individuality in a collective sport.

While it might okay to recognize someone’s effort, the lopsidedness of this award, combined with how much importance it is given, makes it do more than good.