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* The notion of football as ridiculously important was spoofed in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYvW3GlCe2Y a Visa commercial]] aptly titled "United in Rivalry." Visa invited four Nobel Peace Prize winners--David Trimble of Northern Ireland, Lech Walesa of Poland, Leymah Gbowee of Liberia, and Oscar Arias of Costa Rica--and one Nobel Peace Prize candidate--Bob Geldof of Ireland--to talk about their love for the sport, and all of the laureates happily discuss how much they want their own country to win and demolish the other competitors (although it's clearly all in good fun). Geldof jokes that "Football isn't life and death--it's ''much'' more important than that!," while Gbowee sums the entire philosophy up when she comments "We pride ourselves in being united...except when football is involved."

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