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CharlieFoxtrot posted:I can't wait until this all gets dramatized for United Passions 2, with horrible caricatures for the English
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I really hope they get Gary Oldman to play Sepp this time
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Jose posted:I agree with Marina Hyde, we should invade Switzerland At least wait until after the state prosecution! We're the only ones whose authority they've submitted to. Not that I really have any hope but give us a chance first.
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FIFA posted:They said a series of allegations about their conduct had been "over a period of years, investigated, tested, considered and dismissed". so choice
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BlueBayou posted:I really hope they get Gary Oldman to play Sepp this time Why would he play himself Edit nevermind didnt see the r
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I don't think I previously knew 'Les Murray', but he is: * The hungarian born (László Ürge) 'voice' of Australian football * The man who recites the names in the 'Zinedane Zidane' tune * A former member of the FIFA Ethics Committee And this is an article he has written about the Garcia report: http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/blog/2014/11/19/unfinished-dirty-business-stains-world-cup-integrity Les Murray posted:I was informed by sources inside the Australian bid team that a member of the FIFA executive committee was asking the Australians for hard cash in return for votes. I reported this information up the chain of the Ethics Committee at the time, as was my duty, but I see no mention of it in Eckert's report.
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ChrisXP posted:I don't think I previously knew 'Les Murray', but he is: Lol, is the well of FIFA corruption truly neverending
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Reprisal posted:so choice It's so nectar
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ChrisXP posted:I don't think I previously knew 'Les Murray', but he is: Les Murray is the single best thing about Australian football and I won't hear any different
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African AIDS cum posted:Why would he play himself LOL
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Crazy Ted posted:I'm waiting for Quentin Tarantino's take on FIFA corruption myself. I think an "In the Loop" style show would be great
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I'm waiting for "The Office, FIFA Edition" where Blatter is shown to be an incompetent manager and the entire ExCo is revealed to just sit around all day doing nothing, only instead of occasionally selling paper they occasionally take a bribe from wealthy slaveowning oil barons.
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Charlotte Hornets posted:Just a quick reminder that FIFA will have to pay millions to Qatar for a breach of contract if they forbid said country hosting the World Cup. Would they really have to? After all Qatar doesn't hold up their end of the bargain either: - the bid was for a Summer World Cup - Last I know they won't be able to finish the amount of promised stadiums - those stadiums will not be climatized in the way promised etc. So I would think a competent attorney would be able to get Fifa out of most financial obligations due to both parties not holding onto the contract. Alternatively I wished citizens of bid countries could sue the Fifa (or force their federations to sue) due to them wasting tax payers money on a campaign that had no chance to succeed due to moving the goal posts to a Winter WC which may have resulted in certain countries not bidding at all and thus not spending money. Alas nothing of this is ever going to happen. CVE fucked around with this message at 16:03 on Nov 22, 2014 |
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Nov 22, 2014 15:59
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there is probably something in the contract that lets fifa do whatever the hell they want with it
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But nothing, alas, that makes them bulletproof.
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In hindsight, none of this should have come as a surprise, considering Qatar have been included in FIFA games since 1993. Child me just thought of them as a crap team with a silly name, but adult me now sees the bigger picture...
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Just heard on the radio that Sony is dropping it's $280 million sponsorship of fifa and apparently Coke is considering it
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ayb posted:Just heard on the radio that Sony is dropping it's $280 million sponsorship of fifa and apparently Coke is considering it Samsung are not renewing their sponsorship either. They're finally making a stand on this.
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Nov 25, 2014 13:08
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All hail the corporate overloads. Only thing more powerful than the figures of authority.
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I'm concerned now that the town council won't be able to muster up enough cash to hold another Hereford FIFA Fan Fest without those sponsorships, hopefully Xbox, LG and Pepsi will step up and fill the void here.
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Earthy Ape Unit posted:hopefully Xbox, LG and Pepsi will step up and fill the void here. We all know this is exactly what's going to happen.
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dkj posted:We all know this is exactly what's going to happen. It wont be anywhere near what they were getting from the big boys though.
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It's a lot harder to justify starting a contract with slavers and despots than it is to continue one until it has 'run its course' for both parties as well.
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Qatar were on the verge of losing the 2019 athletics vote so offered £23.5m of 'incentives' http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/nov/25/iaaf-doha-incentive-fair-world-athletics-2019?CMP=twt_gu
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Qatar were on the verge of losing the 2019 athletics vote so offered £23.5m of 'incentives' They're a caricature.
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serious gaylord posted:It wont be anywhere near what they were getting from the big boys though. excuse me Xbox is just as big as Sony, and furthermore....
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Earthy Ape Unit posted:excuse me Xbox is just as big as Sony, and furthermore.... XBOX one is a lot like Qatar because its gaudy, noisy and overheats a lot. And it sponsors terrorism.
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Nov 26, 2014 00:38
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Just swap the gender of all the virgins on Xbox live and you might be onto something
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dkj posted:We all know this is exactly what's going to happen. A World Cup that sells Pepsi and Coors is not a World Cup I want to be a part of. Edit: fun fact, I went to the World of Coke in Atlanta after a tech conference in October, and they were very proud of their Fifa sponsorship. For them to be reconsidering, is a huge deal. 
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Dirk Pitt posted:A World Cup that sells Pepsi and Coors is not a World Cup I want to be a part of.
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After "OK" the most recognizable word in any language in the entire world is "Coke." Supposedly. Pook Good Mook fucked around with this message at 07:10 on Nov 26, 2014 |
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Pook Good Mook posted:After "OK" the most recognizable word in any language in the entire world is "Coke." how much did coke pay you to say that?
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Pook Good Mook posted:After "OK" the most recognizable word in any language in the entire world is "Coke." I'd believe that, OP
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Pook Good Mook posted:After "OK" the most recognizable word in any language in the entire world is "Coke." Jack Whilshere likes this.
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TheBigAristotle posted:Just swap the gender of all the virgins on Xbox live and you might be onto something
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http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/nov/26/serious-fraud-office-criminal-world-cup-bids In other sports news: http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/nov/26/2024-olympics-qatar-changes-bid-rules quote:The contest for the 2024 Olympic Games could feature two cities from the Middle East, including Qatar’s capital Doha, with their chances boosted by proposed changes to bidding rules. Qatar is a sunburnt hellhole that funds terrorism and widely employs slave labour, you say? Let's change the bidding rules so they can host every single major sporting event. That money they donated is completely unrelated to this decision by the way.
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lmao at the IOC not willing to lose face by being shown to be less corrupt than FIFA than changing the summer olympic games to be held during winter
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30228348 The people being investigated have been named.
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