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pik_d posted:Good planning, get one last World Cup in England before it never returns again. I think you'd get the opposite result actually. Spain, Brazil etc would send poo poo squads to make sure they didn't win it because they can't afford to host it anymore. England and Germany would be in the final every time.
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Jose posted:http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/02/fifa-ethics-head-michael-garcia-will-not-look-at-qatar-corruption-evidence Lmao spent 6mil just "investigating" and now will ignore evidence. Fantastic.
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Grainbarn posted:Lmao spent 6mil just "investigating" and now will ignore evidence. Fantastic. Which is twice as much as the original claimed bribery amount.
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Sony, a major FIFA sponsor, has called for an actual investigation into corruption relating to the Qatar World Cup award. Meanwhile, the Sunday Times has published details from emails. According to the BBC:quote:According to the emails, some of which have been seen by the BBC, Bin Hammam: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27751265 I really hope they manage to pull off the Guardian/Snowden trick. Right now they've got people admitting to meetings but saying nothing bad happened, so I desperately want the next reveal to be "bad things happened in those meetings".
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Visa and Adidas have joined them. FIFA have floated the most pathetic response. "Football's embattled world governing body is considering a plan to make a country's human rights record a factor in awarding future tournaments in the wake of a string of concerns over corruption and the treatment of migrant workers in Qatar." "Yeah theyre kinda bad, I guess when we rate them we'll acknowledge they're terrible in different ways before we give the worst bid the hosting next time."
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Jun 8, 2014 21:01
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Jun 8, 2014 21:25
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That creepy Jedi costume dude turned out to be not Jedi-like at all.
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DickEmery posted:That creepy Jedi costume dude turned out to be not Jedi-like at all. I read that article yesterday, it's really quite astounding what Blazer was able to get away with. Well I guess it wasn't astounding considering how all football organizations are run, but...yeah.
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trem_two posted:I read that article yesterday, it's really quite astounding what Blazer was able to get away with. Crazy Ted fucked around with this message at 23:54 on Jun 8, 2014 |
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Blue Star Error posted:Chuck Blazer is a preposterous name I don't believe he's real My favourite name can't be real international sporting identity is Dick Pound 
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John Oliver did a World Cup/FIFA bit on his new show last night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlJEt2KU33I
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Blue Star Error posted:Chuck Blazer is a preposterous name I don't believe he's real I think he fits right in with Tokyo Sexwhale and Jerome Champagne. They're all characters in some $2 noir detective novel.
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Shes Not Impressed posted:John Oliver did a World Cup/FIFA bit on his new show last night: Came here to post that. Oliver's been doing some great stuff on his new HBO show and that's probably been his best takedown so far. Also from the Bugle's wikia: http://bugle.wikia.com/wiki/John_Oliver quote:John Oliver has thrice urinated on Steven Gerrard. 
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Shes Not Impressed posted:John Oliver did a World Cup/FIFA bit on his new show last night: I like John Oliver and this is good. Could have gone on for a lot longer than 13 minutes though, he barely scratched the surface of just how corrupt FIFA is.
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vyelkin posted:I like John Oliver and this is good. Could have gone on for a lot longer than 13 minutes though, he barely scratched the surface of just how corrupt FIFA is.
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quote:Qatar 2022: Sepp Blatter says corruption claims are racist Super villains, all of them.
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How come fifa get to rule on the validity of their actions? like... Ok I get that they are evil, but at least pretend its an independent body that will determine validity.
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Spangly A posted:Visa and Adidas have joined them. FIFA have floated the most pathetic response. "Football's embattled world governing body is considering a plan to make a country's human rights record a factor in awarding future tournaments in the wake of a string of concerns over corruption and the treatment of migrant workers in Qatar." So, does this mean the US will never get another World Cup?
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BlueBayou posted:How come fifa get to rule on the validity of their actions? I'm pretty sure that no one has really taken FIFA to task because everyone has bribed them at some point.
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I just saw on espn that striking transit drivers in Brazil are being tear gassed by cops. I wonder how many bus crashes the inevitable scabs will get in during the world cup.
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Shes Not Impressed posted:Super villains, all of them. The African Confederation are hitting out at the racist claims of the media that their football federation is rife with corruption, match fixing and illegality. The last 2 games featuring Nigeria have all had allegations for match fixing. There was also allegations that up to 5 matches at the last ACN were fixed. 6 of their members have been investigated for fraud in the last year. Yeah, must be racism.
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Shes Not Impressed posted:Super villains, all of them. This is a superb deflection especially considering the great strides FIFA has taken to eliminate racism from the game.
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Bea Nanner posted:This is a superb deflection especially considering the great strides FIFA has taken to eliminate racism from the game. I agree, FIFA have done a lot to eradica 
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The Mash posted:I agree, FIFA have done a lot to eradica We must eradicate racism but only while watching the game on our Sony TVs wearing Adidas gear, after driving our Hyundai with Continental tires to get Budweiser and Coca-Cola, all of which were paid for on our Visa card. (This statement brought to you by Gazprom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXXhu6Jb8wE.) Troy Queef fucked around with this message at 03:13 on Jun 10, 2014 |
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I'm not racist, but let's be honest, some footballers really do look like monkeys Gareth Bale
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What would the criteria need to be for some sort of charges or at least penalties against Blatter / an organization like FIFA be? Would Switzerland need to actually pursue it or could say US law enforcement use something like the RICO statutes they like use to make anything all of a sudden a major felony? Just between the NYT article about crooked refs and documented collusion and bribery in the millions from Qatar in the last month, among other things, let alone all the other documented cases previously, there must be some sort of civil or criminal charges that could be filed right? Of course nothing will ever happen to this grossly corrupt organization but it'd be nice if at least someone somewhere with jurisdiction tried to make a case against them.
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Anyone questioning the moral integrity of the Qataris and football is clearly racist... http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27243933
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sticksy posted:What would the criteria need to be for some sort of charges or at least penalties against Blatter / an organization like FIFA be? This got me thinking: what if, say, Chuck Blazer, in a desire to try and re-establish any sense of credibility, were to turn over evidence of FIFA corruption/bribery/etc. in exchange for immunity (and his customary ten percent) in any investigation? The US already has both the RICO Act (and just about everything alleged in the Times reports are RICO predicates) and the Alien Tort Statute (burnished by Filartiga v. Pena-Irala and Sosa v. Alvares-Machain, two court cases that basically say that U.S. courts can rule on actions between one or more foreign nationals due to the fact that the law of nations is a long-accepted part of federal common law, and thus under the ATS they hold original jurisdiction) on its books, and I can see more than a few prosecutors wanting to burnish their "tough on corruption" bona fides, potential diplomatic shitstorm be damned. Come to think of it, this just opened up a whole new avenue of attacking FIFA/corruption/etc.: this means that, for instance, some group could potentially find a Nepalese/Filipino worker on the Qatar WC stadia, gather evidence of slavery, torture, and similar crimes against humanity being done in the course of their construction, and fund a suit or tort claim against the 2022 WC organizers for violations of various treaties. Very interesting. Troy Queef fucked around with this message at 06:10 on Jun 10, 2014 |
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Troy Queef posted:Come to think of it, this just opened up a whole new avenue of attacking FIFA/corruption/etc.: this means that, for instance, some group could potentially find a Nepalese/Filipino worker on the Qatar WC stadia, gather evidence of slavery, torture, and similar crimes against humanity being done in the course of their construction, and fund a suit or tort claim against the 2022 WC organizers for violations of various treaties. Very interesting. Why hasn't anyone already done this? It's widely reported that Qatar is basically a slave state. Are India/Nepal too afraid to make a fuss?
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Badger of Basra posted:Why hasn't anyone already done this? It's widely reported that Qatar is basically a slave state. Are India/Nepal too afraid to make a fuss? let me tell you about people with money
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Badger of Basra posted:Why hasn't anyone already done this? It's widely reported that Qatar is basically a slave state. Are India/Nepal too afraid to make a fuss? Money, lots and lots of money.
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Troy Queef posted:Come to think of it, this just opened up a whole new avenue of attacking FIFA/corruption/etc.: this means that, for instance, some group could potentially find a Nepalese/Filipino worker on the Qatar WC stadia, gather evidence of slavery, torture, and similar crimes against humanity being done in the course of their construction, and fund a suit or tort claim against the 2022 WC organizers for violations of various treaties. Very interesting. They wouldn't even need to gather evidence. Qatar has slavery written into the laws of their country. Unfortunatly, money can fix literally anything. Wasn't there some Brit who was stuck in Qatar recently?
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Badger of Basra posted:Why hasn't anyone already done this? It's widely reported that Qatar is basically a slave state. Are India/Nepal too afraid to make a fuss? India receives $70bn a year in personal remittances, a large portion of that from the GCC, and a full quarter of Nepal's GDP comes from remittances. These aren't countries that are likely to rock the boat. quote:Wasn't there some Brit who was stuck in Qatar recently? I'm not British, and I am more or less free to leave the country, I'm just not able to move employers. I'm planning to cut my losses and get out as soon as possible, but I need to plan a soft landing elsewhere for my families sake. I wouldn't recommend a career here to anyone.
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Who currently holds your passport? I hope you keep it in your back pocket all the time. Isn't the Garcia report due today? Do we get to see how much money he was paid to say how wonderful and corruption free FIFA is?
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