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c0burn posted:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...l-possible.html quote:We did not get bored for six years to organise the World Cup to not do some little shenanigans. "we did not get bored"? nice google translation dailymail i know its a nitpick but it bothers me (and not bore me)
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MrBling posted:https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/may/16/uefa-gianni-infantino-club-world-cup Sooooo oil sheiks / literal slave drivers, Chinese money launderers, Russian oligarchs or a combination of all three?
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May 18, 2018 14:24
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Makes me nostalgic for narco soccer
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this is a shock https://twitter.com/david_conn/status/998942983767707648
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Wow. They are corrupt as gently caress, but at least they are ballsy about it.
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Meanwhile Guerrero will not be allowed to attend, despite an appeal from FIFPRO and the captains of the other three teams in Peru's group.
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They should have appealed quietly. The moment that information went public, the ban was set in stone.
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gently caress fifa
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https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/fifa-fine-england-16k-after-12642847quote:The FA are fuming with FIFA after being fined £16,000 for a young England player drinking a non-sponsored energy drink.
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that's one costly drink
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Bobby Digital posted:https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/fifa-fine-england-16k-after-12642847 Powerade doesn't have caffeine in it, so it shouldn't be allowed to be called an energy drink imo
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Bogan Krkic posted:Powerade doesn't have caffeine in it, so it shouldn't be allowed to be called an energy drink imo It has ~*electrolytes*~
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Shrapnig posted:It has ~*electrolytes*~ its a recovery drink not an energy drink then ffs
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Bogan Krkic posted:its a recovery drink not an energy drink then ffs Historically "energy drink" has meant something with glucose in it I thought? They certainly existed like lucozade and lucozade sport before caffeine got chucked into everything.
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Bogan Krkic posted:Powerade doesn't have caffeine in it, so it shouldn't be allowed to be called an energy drink imo caffeine doesn't provide energy you retarded bogan
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Manc Hill posted:caffeine doesn't provide energy you retarded bogan It pumps blood faster hth
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The first line of the Energy Drink article on Wikipedia backs me up, and Wikipedia is never wrong: An energy drink is a type of beverage containing stimulant drugs, usually including caffeine, which is marketed as providing mental and physical stimulation (marketed as "energy", but distinct from food energy). I've never heard Lucozade or Powerade or Gatorade advertised as energy drinks.
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Bogan Krkic posted:The first line of the Energy Drink article on Wikipedia backs me up, and Wikipedia is never wrong: The terms I've always heard are "energy drink" for stuff like Red Bull and Monster that are full of sugar and caffeine, and "sports drink" for stuff like Gatorade and Powerade that are full of sugar and salt.
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vyelkin posted:The terms I've always heard are "energy drink" for stuff like Red Bull and Monster that are full of sugar and caffeine, and "sports drink" for stuff like Gatorade and Powerade that are full of sugar and salt. It's this OP
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Bogan Krkic posted:The first line of the Energy Drink article on Wikipedia backs me up, and Wikipedia is never wrong: Fizzy Lucozade is definitely marketed as 'Lucozade Energy' but not the original stuff that isn't just sugar syrup w/ bubbles This is an important distinction to make in the FIFA megathread
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i support adding a fourth banned topic to the op of this thread
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Some African refs that were scheduled to ref games at the WC have been filmed taking bribes. Totally normal
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CyberPingu posted:Some African refs that were scheduled to ref games at the WC have been filmed taking bribes. I know another ref from CAF that's available. 
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CyberPingu posted:Some African refs that were scheduled to ref games at the WC have been filmed taking bribes. It is though. CAF's FIFA referee shortage is worse than any other confederation.
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CyberPingu posted:Some African refs that were scheduled to ref games at the WC have been filmed taking bribes. Ghana is going to dissolve their FA over it. http://www.espn.com/soccer/ghana/story/3519954/ghanaian-government-to-dissolve-football-association-after-bribery-allegations And a Kenyan referee has withdrawn from the World Cup. http://www.espn.com/soccer/kenya/story/3519642/kenyan-referee-resigns-from-world-cup-after-bribery-sting
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Shrapnig posted:Ghana is going to dissolve their FA over it.
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Crazy Ted posted:Watch FIFA suspend Ghana for government interference in football governance. This is going to happen. Then, after some other crooked shitheads get into power at the new organization (by bribing the right people) they will have a new, better staff that hopefully doesn’t get filmed while being bribed.
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freeedr posted:This is going to happen. Then, after some other crooked shitheads get into power at the new organization (by bribing the right people) they will have a new, better staff that hopefully doesn’t get filmed while being bribed. They’ll get a new crop after a total shake up, who will be just off screen accepting bribes and loudly talking about the fat bribes they are accepting. Totally not on camera!
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Shrapnig posted:Ghana is going to dissolve their FA over it. quote:The official, a maths and chemistry teacher at Migori County's Komotobo Secondary School, has duly forfeited his World Cup fee of at least $25,000 plus a match fee of $2,000 after FIFA confirmed that he will be taking no part in the tournament. and now he'll get nothing
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Kurtofan posted:and now he'll get nothing I’m the maths teacher who accepted $600 to put $27k+ in jeopardy.
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Bobby Digital posted:I’m the maths teacher who accepted $600 to put $27k+ in jeopardy.
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Because they've been taking bribes all their life and the only difference this time was that someone was filming them.
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Shrapnig posted:Teachers in Kenya earn about $1000 per month ffs. Why would you take a $600 bribe when you stand to make double your annual salary in a month for making some bad offside calls? Only the super high end teachers earn that.
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Shrapnig posted:Teachers in Kenya earn about $1000 per month ffs. Why would you take a $600 bribe when you stand to make double your annual salary in a month for making some bad offside calls? Why choose to make $27,000 when you could make $27,600?
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It works out at odds of 1.02 (risking 27k to return 27.6k) so he'd have to have had a 98% chance of not getting caught for it to be worthwhile.
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I'm going to go out on a limb and say that bribes are common enough in Kenyan football that he genuinely didn't see anything wrong with taking one
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It's hard to do anything in Kenya without a bribe
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Kenya is a lot more legit than it was back in the 90s and its probably one of the more developed African countries. But its still pretty hosed. My Dad got pulled over there by a cop when we lived out there. The cop tried to write him up for speeding and said "we can either settle this at the station or if you help me here I'll forget about it" fairly common practice in Kenya was police pulling people over for "speeding" then getting bribes from people. The guy was shocked when my dad went "ok sure, I'll follow you to the station then". They went back and forth like that for a couple of minutes until the cop gave up and walked away.
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