Fair play or foul?

LO: To assess whether the football industry is fairKW: Fair trade, Exploit, Industry, Company

Fair play or foul?

If a football costs £50 to buy, how will the money beshared between these people?:

Shop (e.g. JJB sports) - British supplier (e.g. Mitre) - Shipping and transport companies - Factory owner in Sialkot - Company supplying materials - Stitcher - Other factory costs –

£10£31

£1.50£5.00

£1.50£0.50£0.50

You Must: Write down what you think the logo represents?

You Should: Write down how you think it could relate to sport?

You Could: Write down anything that you buy (or could buy) which may have this logo on.

How much do players get paid?

Average lower league players around £5k a week

Wayne Rooney £120,000 p/w

John Terry around £160k p/w

Football tickets from £30- £100 (depending on the club and the fixture)

Match ball replica £50

Omar from Sialkot, Pakistan, gets paid £50p per football and will on average stitch 4 footballs a day, his maximum daily wage is £2.

Why does Omar get paid so little for his skill?

Omar’s Story

I have been stitching footballs since I was8. I don’t want to. But I have to, becausemy dad died and we need the money. Mymum used to do them too but now she hastrouble with her eyes. So I have to supportmy family.

Task

• Using the mystery cards answer the following questions. These are on your worksheets.

1. Who is Omar and where is he from? Why is he stitching footballs at all?

2. Why are footballs not made in this country?3. Was Omar being exploited? If so by who and how?4. Why are companies like Mitre able to exploit workers in towns

like Sialkot?5. What was the Atlanta agreement and how did it come about?6. How has it changed the life of workers in towns like Sialkot?7. Has the Atlanta agreement failed? If so what needs to be done?

Success Criteria

• Answer in full sentences• Use the sentence starters and connectors on your

sheet to help you• If a questions has who, why and how remember to

give examples and evidence from the mystery cards.• You may work in pairs

So what happens if…?

• The stitchers went on strike?• The factory manager tried to charge the

British company more?• The British company charged the shops

more?• Everyone refused to use footballs made in

Pakistan?• Someone invented a machine that could sew

footballs perfectly?