Recently there is an outcry in some Andean countries, over a decision by the FIFA, banning international football matches at altitudes above 2500 Meters. In Bolivia, for example, that would exclude La Paz (ca. 3700 meters), as well as Cochabamba, and Bolivia's capital, Sucre.
Even people who live in Cochabamba (ca. 2600 meters) may have trouble when getting to La Paz. At least I do, but I am not a sportsman.
According to this ruling, matches might still be played in Santa Cruz, a large city in the lowlands (the largest city in Bolivia? - not quite sure), but still, Bolivianos feel hurt in their national pride, and the president himself - quite fond of football - is getting involved.
Some say that if football is banned at high altitudes, it might just as well be banned in places that are too hot, for example.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
