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| Footballs, often used by millionaires and produced by poor people. |
Most modern footballs are stitched from 32 panels
of waterproofed leather or plastic: pigskin, 12
regular pentagons and 20 regular hexagons. The 32-panel
configuration is similar to the polyhedron known
as the truncated icosahedron, except that it is
more spherical, because the faces bulge due to the
pressure of the air inside. The first 32-panel ball
was marketed by Select in the 1950s in Denmark.
About 80% of association footballs are made in Pakistan.
75% of these (60% of all world production) are made
in the city of Sialkot. In the past child labour
was often used in the production of the balls. In
1996, during the European championship, activists
decided to press this issue. This eventually led
to the Atlanta Agreement, which forced ball manufacturers
to make sure no child labour was involved in the
fabrication of their products... |
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