{"id":21383,"date":"2026-04-23T11:48:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundazioa.athletic-club.eus\/?p=21383"},"modified":"2026-04-23T11:48:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:48:24","slug":"football-is-everything-when-not-everything-is-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundazioa.athletic-club.eus\/en\/blog\/football-is-everything-when-not-everything-is-football\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFootball is everything when not everything is football\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-headline-3-font-size\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Athletic Club Fundazioa champions the power of football as a social and cultural tool, placing the people who form part of the red-and-white community at the heart of it all<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Foundation\u2019s new campaign has a clear purpose: to remind us that football is much more than just a sport. It is a shared language, a meeting place, a symbol of collective identity. In a context where professional football faces criticism over a loss of values, the Athletic Club Foundation champions that other side of football: the one that unites, the one that supports, the one that builds community. A football that beats in the streets, in the neighbourhoods, in the people. A football that isn\u2019t dazzled by the spotlight to be great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the words of <strong>Johana Ruiz-Olabuenaga<\/strong>, director of the Social Department at Athletic Club, \u201cThis campaign is a call for a different way of doing things. Athletic is unique, and so is its Foundation, because it applies the club\u2019s values to every initiative: with a down-to-earth approach, without losing sight of the ground we walk on and the responsibility we have towards our people. 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