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I didn't expect his rivals to all pass too. I kinda expected some dirt to appear and make them ineligible. Then again he wants to split the anti sepp vote as much as possible.
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Yeah Blatter already has his bloc of guaranteed votes from the Caribbean and Africa (seriously, do you even understand how many tiny countries those 2 consist of?!). He probably has almost 50% of the votes already, the more people run against him the more diluted their own voting blocs will be. Sepp already has this one in the bag most likely. Someone like him wouldn't leave this to chance. If he thinks any of the other candidates pose any sort of threat, you will see some kind of dirt dug up about them like a week before the election. It is inevitable.
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Actually most of the African countries are very large you racist
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Blue Star Error posted:Actually most of the African countries are very large you racist That's just a stereotype
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Maybe we should continue cutting up Yugoslavia into ever smaller pieces to create more UEFA friendly associations. Split Germany up again too that experiment clearly hasn't worked.
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A free and independent Cornwall would solve everything imo
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Blue Star Error posted:Actually most of the African countries are very large you racist Mercator!! Blue Star Error posted:Maybe we should continue cutting up Yugoslavia into ever smaller pieces to create more UEFA friendly associations. Split Germany up again too that experiment clearly hasn't worked. Saarland national team should be reestablished.
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Kurtofan posted:Mercator!! With the USSF's endorsement of Not Blatter coming down the other day it's the perfect time to give all 50 states their own FA's. 49 extra votes for Not Blatter? It must be done imo
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Crazy Ted posted:With the USSF's endorsement of Not Blatter coming down the other day it's the perfect time to give all 50 states their own FA's. 49 extra votes for Not Blatter? It must be done imo America is getting too close to the wc final, it must be done.
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Peanut President posted:America is getting too close to the wc final, it must be done.
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Crazy Ted posted:With the USSF's endorsement of Not Blatter coming down the other day it's the perfect time to give all 50 states their own FA's. 49 extra votes for Not Blatter? It must be done imo Come on, you know all those Tea Party states would flip to Blatter once they realized how much dirty money there was to be had.
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Via Awful Announcing and the Sports Broadcasting thread, FIFA just gave FOX and Telemundo the rights to the 2026 World Cup with a no-bid contract. Qatar or no Qatar, that is quite curious.
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Sports Illustrated is reporting that the 2022 World Cup will be held in the winter.quote:Multiple sources say it's a done deal that World Cup 2022 will take place in November and December of 2022 in Qatar. A FIFA task force will meet in Doha next week and make that recommendation, and the FIFA Executive Committee is set to make the decision final at its meeting in Zurich next month.
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Its been known for a long time, it was just a case of when it took place to avoid clashing with the winter olympics
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So late November and early December? Is FIFA making sure to disrupt the highest number of leagues possible?
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And given how much money some of them (Especially the EPL) by 2022 will have and be making each year, they wont take it lightly. Honestly think this could well be the death of the World cup, as it could force the European FA's to break away just purely down to how much money they could end up losing.
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ukle posted:And given how much money some of them (Especially the EPL) by 2022 will have and be making each year, they wont take it lightly. Honestly think this could well be the death of the World cup, as it could force the European FA's to break away just purely down to how much money they could end up losing. the bubble will have burst by 2022
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Jose posted:Its been known for a long time, it was just a case of when it took place to avoid clashing with the winter olympics Maybe Doha could host the Winter Olympics as well.
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Kurtofan posted:Maybe Doha could host the Winter Olympics as well. After getting the world athletic championship they're definitely after the summer Olympics lol Hegay posted:the bubble will have burst by 2022 lol it might not be as much money as it is now but the bubble isn't bursting, just not growing
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Qatar really wants to become the sport's center of the world for some silly reason.
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Kurtofan posted:Qatar really wants to become the sport's center of the world for some silly reason. It's not like they can attract investment or tourist dollars by having any homegrown attractions or culture. Honestly I have a feeling that the Russian World Cup is going to be such a corrupt and unfriendly affair that the federations might feel a bit more bold about being public with their criticisms by the time that wraps up in 2018. I hope the Australian FA follows through with their threatened lawsuit over FIFA switching the dates.
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lol if you think that civilization is gonna last until 2022
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Drogadon posted:lol if you think that civilization is gonna last until 2022 You Mayan idiots were wrong last time I'm not falling for this again
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gently caress the mayans we're going old school Nostradamus with this! And so the globe of gold shall sit in the east, but the snow shall drive it to the desert. And the corrupt one shall stir on his throne, for the seasons shall change. But in the years that mark the move, the world shall crack as an egg, for none shall see the sphere polluted by the sand.
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Drogadon posted:lol if you think that civilization is gonna last until 2022
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Blue Star Error posted:You Mayan idiots were wrong last time I'm not falling for this again You nerds read the calendar wrong, it's happening!
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Drogadon posted:lol if you think that civilization is gonna last until 2022 beyond earth wasn't that bad
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The Emir has finally signed off on the new labour law, though no one knows the content of it yet: http://www.qatarliving.com/forum/news/posts/hh-emir-qatar-approves-changes-labor-law The business sector are supposedly 'really happy' with the proposal so it more or less guarantees that nothing fundamental will change.
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Guys, the new law is MUCH better. Now the migrant workers get to carry around a photocopy of their passport. See!? Much better.
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corpuscollossus posted:The Emir has finally signed off on the new labour law, though no one knows the content of it yet: Anything that makes the business sector happy can't be good for human rights
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I'm guessing FOX will be getting ready to sue the moment the decision to move the World Cup to winter becomes official. TV rights for a competition airing in Nov-Dec is going to be worth a fraction of what they paid. Hopefully other broadcasters jump on board with that lawsuit and they end up costing FIFA more than they pocketed from Qatar.
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TyrantWD posted:I'm guessing FOX will be getting ready to sue the moment the decision to move the World Cup to winter becomes official. TV rights for a competition airing in Nov-Dec is going to be worth a fraction of what they paid. Hopefully other broadcasters jump on board with that lawsuit and they end up costing FIFA more than they pocketed from Qatar. Why would the timing affect the cost to air the event?
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stickyfngrdboy posted:Why would the timing affect the cost to air the event? He means they paid a bombload for the rights to broadcast and advertisers aren't going to pay top dollar any more because they'll be splitting their budgets for that time period between all the different sports going on at the same time.
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Hamas Rodriguez posted:He means they paid a bombload for the rights to broadcast and advertisers aren't going to pay top dollar any more because they'll be splitting their budgets for that time period between all the different sports going on at the same time. Exactly. November and December is smack in the middle of the college and NFL football seasons which are much, much larger draws in the US.
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Hamas Rodriguez posted:He means they paid a bombload for the rights to broadcast and advertisers aren't going to pay top dollar any more because they'll be splitting their budgets for that time period between all the different sports going on at the same time. It's the biggest sporting event in the world and advertisers will not be hard to come by, even in winter. Idk what else will be going on in November that year but unless it's a terrorist atrocity the world cup will probably have the most viewers.
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Big Black Dick posted:Exactly. November and December is smack in the middle of the college and NFL football seasons which are much, much larger draws in the US. Oooh in the USA yeah well I reckon viewing figures wouldn't be that much different, I thought NFL fans hated soccer.
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But yeah an American television company's advertising revenue is definitely going to be the reason the world cup won't be held in winter in Qatar.
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stickyfngrdboy posted:Oooh in the USA yeah well I reckon viewing figures wouldn't be that much different, I thought NFL fans hated soccer. This is probably a far-too-simple way of looking at it and doesn't take ad revenue into account, but Qatar is eight hours ahead of the East Coast in November/December. The only overlap with the NFL would be a cup match that begins at, say, 8 p.m./20:00 (most NFL games start at 1 p.m. ET on Sundays, and the Thursday/Monday night games won't be played at the same time as any WC match). I imagine Fox would use its Fox Sports 1 channel to air those anyway (the final, however ... well, we'll see). Never mind that this is more than seven years away and the network will evolve in any number of ways by then. And also, what's messier for FIFA: dealing with a potential lawsuit from Fox/Telemundo or pulling out of Qatar? Math isn't difficult there.
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