The German Philosophy: Are the startling synchronicity in philosophies behind Germany’s economic and footballing revival entirely coincidental? What parallels we can explore? • Economy: Socially responsible capitalism - fair competition under EU rules, long-term goals and employers maintaining the sort of paternalistic attitudes towards employees • Football: Fans enjoy controlling influences at clubs, television revenues are distributed evenly and ticket prices pegged, while “mercenary” foreign owners are kept out. Top-class development of indigenous youth facilitated by high-calibre coaching, takes place alongside academic education. Germany has more than double the number of homegrown players found in the English Premier League. Not to mention producing around 10 times the English contingent of pro-licence qualified coaches • Vital links between industry and sports (including academia): SAP Data in a neat example of the synergy between the nation’s industry and its football, provided Joachim Löw with endless groundbreaking performance and sports-science statistics. • Underlying factor: DISCIPLINE AND LONG-TERM FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENTAL PLANNING. That is, get the basics right and all else will follow. Success breeds success! Story: theguardian/football/2014/jul/13/world-cup-victory-germany-supremacy-every-level
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