• LP_inmyheart@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Weren’t they the only contender to hold the event? What else would you do? Doing things got so expensive that countries don’t look at holding events the same as before.

  • IEAtCatHair@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Almost as if handing the stewardship of the game to a bunch of Swiss based lawyers and bankers was a stupid idea

  • vzq@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    The sport-industrial complex is just a complex machine to white wash authoritarian states.

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      1 year ago

      "As long as FIFA doesnt investigate itself, nothing is gonna happen anyway

      You mean as long as someone else doesn’t investigate FIFA.

      Fifa investigating themselves will end up in “we’ve investigated ourself and found nothing wrong”.

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    1 year ago

    If they didn’t like seeing Palestine flags at games. They’re in for a surprise lol.

  • johnniewelker@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    This is beyond hilarious. So FIFA got caught red handed by awarding Qatar 2022 WC. Not long after, they decide to use similar tricks - bribes - to award Saudi Arabia.

  • deevo82@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Now all FIFA has to do is find a way of prohibiting Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Israel, USA and Azerbaijan from qualifying.

  • Germandog26@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    FIFA should be held accountable for any actions that undermine the credibility of the World Cup bidding process.

  • cegr76@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    FIFA rules? lmao

    FIFA: “A criminal cartel that stages a tournament every four years.” John Oliver

  • Akindmachine@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I skipped watching last World Cup, probably gonna skip the rest because Fuck this shit. The PL is becoming an open-air money laundering bazaar as well, good times.