Editing Jules Rimet (section)

===The World Cup===
In 1928 FIFA, under Rimet's leadership, went forward with plans for a "[[1930 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]]" which was held in [[Uruguay]] due to the nature of the professional game in South America, and in part because the [[Uruguayan Football Association]] offered to pay all travel costs. Rimet travelled to Uruguay for the World Cup on [[SS Conte Verde|SS ''Conte Verde'']] along with the competing European teams,<ref name=fifafirstwc /> all the while carrying the trophy in his bag.<ref name=indykicked2006>{{cite news|title=Jules Rimet: The man who kicked off the World Cup|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jules-rimet-the-man-who-kicked-off-the-world-cup-481145.html|first=John |last=Lichfield|
access-date=10 April 2012|newspaper=The Independent|date=5 June 2006}}</ref>

However Rimet's decisions on where to host the first few World Cups led to criticism: European nations complained about the 1930 World Cup because players would be out of domestic tournaments for three months. This was the key reason why, of the European nations, only four ([[France national football team|France]], [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]], [[Romania national football team|Romania]] and [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]]) accepted invitations to send teams to compete, and even then, they only did so because of Rimet's influence.<ref name=fifafirstwc>{{cite web|title=History of FIFA - The first FIFA World Cup|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/history/fifa/historyfifa4.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105015327/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/history/fifa/historyfifa4.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 November 2007|publisher=FIFA|access-date=10 April 2012}}</ref> The [[1934 World Cup|following World Cup]] was held in Italy under the [[Kingdom of Italy under Fascism (1922–1943)|Fascist rule]] of [[Benito Mussolini]], which was used to promote the regime, something that Rimet was accused of ignoring.<ref name=indykicked2006/>

Following the [[World War II|Second World War]], the British football associations agreed to take part from the [[1950 FIFA World Cup]] onwards, where Rimet himself handed over the trophy to the triumphant [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguayan team]] when Uruguay won the tournament for the second time.<ref>{{cite news|title=Uruguay world's champion|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/1950/jul/16/worldcup2006.sport|access-date=10 April 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|date=16 July 1950}}</ref> Rimet's efforts in establishing the tournament earned him a nomination for the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1956.<ref name=indykicked2006/>