by kyle mckinnon from our sports us born haven t can you tell us first of all the difference between the fifa player of the year and the ball indoor well door goes back to one hundred fifty six actually and was the premier award and award ceremony for years and years decades and decades until two thousand and ten. the big pocketed fifo came in and cold branded and called it the ballon d or awards for about six years they spent about fifteen million euros on that sixteen seventeen year old million euros on that and in two thousand six hundred they decided to go off on their own and create their own entity finances had to have something to do with it i m sure they can sell their own t.v. rights so they have this big spectacle themselves the ballon d or is still probably for old school guys at least like me the premier award to win and that comes up in a couple months but this one is a big deal and they bring in and they wine and dine the stars and they love it and they love it and they l