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I am right. It's not because we particularly care about it, mind, but we like to make money off these things and we have the infrastructure that most people don't have already. The UK, France and Germany could all do it as well, though I don't generally think any of them want the hassle at the moment.
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foobardog posted:While MLS is not that popular and PL games are enjoyed by a niche market, the World Cup is more popular in the US than people give it credit for. ESPN and Fox basically got into a bidding war over the US rights. If it happens during fall/winter like in the middle of the nfl season not many people will watch it Also mls is utter poo poo, and is a pain to watch. Its barely a step above high school soccer. Idk how the PL and real leagues will deal with the wc
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:I am right. It's not because we particularly care about it, mind, but we like to make money off these things and we have the infrastructure that most people don't have already. The UK, France and Germany could all do it as well, though I don't generally think any of them want the hassle at the moment.
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I'm reading the Guardian comments- the amount of hurt-feelings is fantastic. Everyone keeps pointing out how Sepp Blatter isn't as bad as Tony Blair. I love it so much. edit: ID9492736 1m ago NATO: World Football - 1 : 0
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First Hitler, then Blatter....THE SKY IS THE LIMIT BOYZ, altogether: I BELIEVE I BELIEVE I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN
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Waroduce posted:If it happens during fall/winter like in the middle of the nfl season not many people will watch it tbf NFL games happen literally one day a week with a token game on mondays and thursdays edit; that said, the final and a few knockouts would get upstaged so yeah, gently caress fall/winter WCs
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Crazy Ted posted:It's seven years out. You can rebid 2022 and open it up to any country. Yeah, and how many people would really be willing to do it? Especially on the pretext of "we're taking this away from a developing world country because its expensiveness for the host nation and we're concerned about human rights abuses" That kind of narrows it down don't you think. Also 7 years isn't really a lot of time if its nation without pre-existing infrastructure. Cpt. Mahatma Gandhi posted:tbf NFL games happen literally one day a week with a token game on mondays and thursdays College football is also a massive deal in the fall.
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Seppusan noooo
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So what's the over/under on how long until the Garcia report is fully published? Also, odds on the FBI 'accidentally' having a copy of it already? I wonder if after FIFA pissed him off, Garcia dropped a couple hints about where to go looking for evidence and who to look at.
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quote:the way the US military were getting kickbacks for promotion at pro football games. Haha, what? The entire scandal was that the NFL had them pay for ads/promotions instead of doing it for free as patriotic Corporate Americans.
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One question, since my wife and I are going to Europe in a week with the US causing Blatter to step down this means we don't have to say we're Canadian anymore right?
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Waroduce posted:If it happens during fall/winter like in the middle of the nfl season not many people will watch it No, definitely agreed on the summer being beneficial to it. The summer is the domain of baseball, which is the least popular of the top three. Every now and then, some dumbass suggests that MLS should move to a fall-spring season and it's such a terrible idea. Going against the NFL would be a disaster. also gently caress you I love my bad soccer because it's ours, eurosnobs can get the gently caress out
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B.B. Rodriguez posted:So what's the over/under on how long until the Garcia report is fully published? Also, odds on the FBI 'accidentally' having a copy of it already? The investigation by the DOJ has been going on since like 2013 at least. Though I'd say they got some assistance from it. Waroduce posted:Tbf 4000+ dead is a bit past human rights abuses Well yeah, and thats just the number they're admitting. BI NOW GAY LATER fucked around with this message at 19:41 on Jun 2, 2015 |
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:The investigation by the DOJ has been going on since like 2013 at least. Though I'd say they got some assistance from it. I'm talking the final puzzle pieces. Like some secretary from Lesotho or something being the link between Valcke and Warner.
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Fat Lowtax posted:Seppusan noooo
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B.B. Rodriguez posted:I'm talking the final puzzle pieces. Like some secretary from Lesotho or something being the link between Valcke and Warner. My assumption is that once it became very real to the people being charged they started cutting deals.
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foobardog posted:No, definitely agreed on the summer being beneficial to it. The summer is the domain of baseball, which is the least popular of the top three. From a mass appeal point I agree, but the regional TV Rating numbers for baseball are absolutely monstrous by comparison. People in Kansas City have gently caress all of a desire to see teams that aren't the Royals. So who is the odds on favorite to be the next president of FIFA now? I have to imagine Blatter has dirt on Ali in order to try and bring him down. If he didn't, he would have just opted not to run and let him win unopposed. Or maybe this was some weird power trip for him. Running to just to prove he could win despite a massive scandal going on.
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Akileese posted:From a mass appeal point I agree, but the regional TV Rating numbers for baseball are absolutely monstrous by comparison. People in Kansas City have gently caress all of a desire to see teams that aren't the Royals. 
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:I am right. It's not because we particularly care about it, mind, but we like to make money off these things and we have the infrastructure that most people don't have already. The UK, France and Germany could all do it as well, though I don't generally think any of them want the hassle at the moment. *Australia starts hopping up and down* MikeJF fucked around with this message at 19:49 on Jun 2, 2015 |
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ESPN replaying the feature on Blatter right now. God the bribes started flying his way before he was even President.
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MikeJF posted:*Australia starts hopping up and down* Australia could be a good option and they're building lots of stadiums right now anyway aren't they?
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Akileese posted:From a mass appeal point I agree, but the regional TV Rating numbers for baseball are absolutely monstrous by comparison. People in Kansas City have gently caress all of a desire to see teams that aren't the Royals. Or maybe he still thought he could get away with but something happened since Friday that made that untenable. Sponsors threatening to pull out sounds credible
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Jun 2, 2015 19:48
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:a developing world country
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USA USA USA
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:Australia could be a good option and they're building lots of stadiums right now anyway aren't they? Not really, we already have them.
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Just give the world cup to the state of California, the 5th largest economy in the world.
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MikeJF posted:Not really, we already have them. Sydney games were loving awesome. African AIDS cum posted:Just give the world cup to the state of California, the 5th largest economy in the world. They're broke and have all of two maybe three stadiums that would be able to have a world cup game right now.
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I'm disappointed, I expected this to go on for far longer.
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2018 in England to bring it home. 2022 in Germany for fun times and beer. 2026 in Thailand for ladyboys and depravity.
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African AIDS cum posted:Just give the world cup to the state of California, the 5th largest economy in the world. California hates building stadiums so much LA doesn't even have an NFL team.
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African AIDS cum posted:Just give the world cup to the state of California, the 5th largest economy in the world. they dont have enough water to maintain the fields lol e: "pitches"
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Crazy Ted posted:2018 in England to bring it home. Though this does make 2022 less hilarious, since 2022 world cup in Qatar and 2022 Winter Olympics in Almaty would have been loving fantastic. FuriousxGeorge posted:California hates building stadiums so much LA doesn't even have an NFL team. Well, by 2022 LA will likely have the Raiders and the Rams, so.
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:I am right. It's not because we particularly care about it, mind, but we like to make money off these things and we have the infrastructure that most people don't have already. The UK, France and Germany could all do it as well, though I don't generally think any of them want the hassle at the moment. if you think the rest of football is going to say 'thanks for taking our free money away' by giving you a world cup, you're probably mental. Do you realise how long it's going to take to restructure the organisation, top to bottom? They're going to have to decide on a new leader, who is then going to have to gain the support not only of enough members to get elected - in theory without paying for the privilege - but also enough members to completely reform the entire organisation, while trying to keep not only little old US of A happy, but every African nation, every middle and far Eastern nation, every fucker in Europe, those Aussie cunts, whoever else I missed, all of those people need to be kept happy. And thats before anyone even gets the job. Then, once they've got that job (it'll be 2025 at least by now) they'll need to come up with a system, a fair system, which doesn't piss off half of the member nations, that gives each of those nations a say in where world cups are played - again, without having to bribe, bribing is bad now America don't like it. Then they'll have to come up with rules about who can represent each country's associations, maybe come up with some list of reasons of why certain people might not be suitable, while every member nation's representative at the time can be described by just such a list. then, once they've done that, they're going to have to decide on a million factors about who can host a world cup without buying it, something which hasn't happened for decades. Then a billion rules about sponsorship contracts, which will now have to be given without bribes and kickbacks. Again, most of you weren't alive when this last happened. Then there's payments to suppliers, service providers, caterers, handbag and watch manufacturers - think of all the things a major international business imeancharity needs to pay for, down to paperclips and toilet paper. every single payment that needs paying, that now needs paying legitimately and without bribes, with millions of eyes on every transaction. Yeah. It's going to be easy.
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:They're broke and have all of two maybe three stadiums that would be able to have a world cup game right now. We're actually running a surplus but the games would be played on dirt since we don't have any water.
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:Yeah, and how many people would really be willing to do it? Especially on the pretext of "we're taking this away from a developing world country because its expensiveness for the host nation and we're concerned about human rights abuses" agreed op, i'd much rather see the World Cup final played on the lush field turf of the Lucas Oil Stadium in soccer loving Indiana than in a UEFA category four stadium.
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:Australia could be a good option and they're building lots of stadiums right now anyway aren't they? Australia has a bunch of stadiums. 100k in Melbourne or 80k in Sydney plus 5 others 42k or more.
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:Sydney games were loving awesome. And they have the Rose Bowl, Qualcomm, LA Coliseum, that lovely new 49ers stadium, Stanford, Cal, etc hell they could do it easily. How about you apologize.
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African AIDS cum posted:Hopefully now all these frauds are gone we can stop pretending and end the sham that is Womens soccer. Cancel the "womens world cup"
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