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B.B. Rodriguez posted:Eh, I don't think it's the US per se, more CONCACAF being CONCACAF. The Copa America thing if def just CONMEBOL/CONCACAF doing their normal grift. The US will gladly host any and all tournaments and won't be doing the usual bribing etc. But it's also the home of giant crowds, tv, and nebulous promoters. It's a lot easier to get paid in the US than in all of the other countries in this hemisphere. *laughs in Canada*
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B.B. Rodriguez posted:Eh, I don't think it's the US per se, more CONCACAF being CONCACAF. The Copa America thing if def just CONMEBOL/CONCACAF doing their normal grift. The US will gladly host any and all tournaments and won't be doing the usual bribing etc. But it's also the home of giant crowds, tv, and nebulous promoters. It's a lot easier to get paid in the US than in all of the other countries in this hemisphere. It is very funny to me how resistant American goons are to the idea that the US soccer federation and all the corporations associated with it are just as dirty and corrupt as the rest of the soccer establishment. Yeah, man, it's totally someone else bribing on behalf of the US. joepinetree fucked around with this message at 01:50 on Mar 31, 2024 |
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B.B. Rodriguez posted:Eh, I don't think it's the US per se, more CONCACAF being CONCACAF. The Copa America thing if def just CONMEBOL/CONCACAF doing their normal grift. The US will gladly host any and all tournaments and won't be doing the usual bribing etc. But it's also the home of giant crowds, tv, and nebulous promoters. It's a lot easier to get paid in the US than in all of the other countries in this hemisphere. dumbass
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# ? Mar 31, 2024 01:44 |
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There was a sports agency called TFM. You may not have heard of TFM. But you probably remember Traffic, which was what became TFM. Traffic was the agency that was originally from Brazil but moved to the US and got caught as one of the groups bribing everyone to bring Copa America Centenario to the US. Funny how those bribes were needed, when you also had giant crowds, tv, and nebulous promoters. Also, funny how even after uncovering all the bribes Copa America Centenario still went ahead. In any case, TFM, which used to be Traffic, is now Roc Nation. Because the Jay-Z owned company wanted to "expand its opportunities" in the coming world cup, to be hosted in the US. Busy few summers. Copa America in 2024, club world cup in 2025, actual world cup in 2026. But yeah, totally, the US doesn't have to bribe anyone, it just makes sense.
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# ? Mar 31, 2024 02:02 |
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Chuck blazer wasn't corrupt at all he just had a Manhattan penthouse purely for his cats paid for via bribes
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# ? Mar 31, 2024 02:04 |
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Jose posted:Chuck blazer wasn't corrupt at all he just had a Manhattan penthouse purely for his cats paid for via bribes I really want to know how that works. Do you hire a household employee who lives in the penthouse and feeds and takes care of the cats? Because I would honestly be comfortable with that job.
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# ? Mar 31, 2024 02:54 |
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Star Man posted:I really want to know how that works. Do you hire a household employee who lives in the penthouse and feeds and takes care of the cats? He had one apartment in Trump Tower for himself and another apartment in Trump Tower for his cats
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# ? Mar 31, 2024 03:06 |
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Thinking about how America, the worldwide bastion of morality and financial transparency, simply doesn't bribe or take bribes from anyone.
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# ? Mar 31, 2024 16:43 |
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Chuck blazer only took those bribes so he knew how to identify and avoid future bribes
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# ? Mar 31, 2024 16:58 |
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the sex ghost posted:Chuck blazer only took those bribes so he knew how to identify and avoid future bribes Research is expensive and profitable
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# ? Mar 31, 2024 18:06 |
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"Luciano Moggi 'desperate' to learn about the act of bribery in wake of Calciopoli scandal"
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# ? Apr 1, 2024 00:43 |
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the sex ghost posted:Chuck blazer only took those bribes so he knew how to identify and avoid future bribes Yeah, dying
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# ? Apr 1, 2024 02:30 |
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Americans would never bribe anyone! Most righteous nation! It’s just money doing the talking! More people would go to Brazil for another World Cup than some deserted mall town with a sprayed-over nfl field.
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# ? Apr 3, 2024 11:22 |
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I have a theory that every post that starts with "Eh, ..." Is followed by some absolutely ridiculous nonsense and glad to see it holds up here
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# ? Apr 3, 2024 11:55 |
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Americans think their country doesn't have corruption because they legalized it and called it lobbying
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# ? Apr 3, 2024 12:30 |
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it's also a post from one of TRP's certified worst posters in history signed: a bad poster
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# ? Apr 3, 2024 12:42 |
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The real corruption is that [event] wasn't played in soccer's sacred homeland of Europe
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# ? Apr 3, 2024 13:18 |
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Football should always be played in a timezone that is conducive to me watching
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# ? Apr 3, 2024 13:21 |
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Shrapnig posted:Football should always be played in a timezone that is conducive to me watching the best tournaments are the ones that are approximately 6 hours ahead of my time zone, so that when I wake up there's football on and then the football stays on all day
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# ? Apr 3, 2024 13:51 |
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If you think your FA/confederation aren't corrupt, they just aren't as good at it as the other ones
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# ? Apr 3, 2024 15:30 |
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Remember when England lost the bid for 2022 and 1) blamed the BBC for being rude to fifa 2) complained that they had been assured that their bribes would be sufficient to secure the bid
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# ? Apr 3, 2024 15:39 |
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I remember Australia complaining that their gifts of "a nice box of wine" to each committee member somehow couldn't compete with envelopes full of cash being slipped under hotel room doors
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# ? Apr 3, 2024 15:52 |
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the qatar world cup was so obviously corrupt even sepp blatter was trying to avoid it but platini couldn't be stopped
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# ? Apr 3, 2024 18:06 |
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advanced statsman posted:it's also a post from one of TRP's certified worst posters in history I am? When did I get a certification?
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# ? Apr 4, 2024 16:43 |
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Lol https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c51n3ld43yro
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# ? Apr 25, 2024 18:26 |
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Looking forward to Aramco World Cup Saudi Arabia 2026
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# ? Apr 25, 2024 18:37 |
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I guess they must have greased some palms.
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# ? Apr 25, 2024 18:38 |
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lol
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# ? Apr 25, 2024 19:13 |
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They’re like an exaggeratedly evil company in a cheesy movie. They’re like fiction
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# ? Apr 25, 2024 19:24 |
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really is impressive to somehow get consistently worse people in charge of FIFA
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# ? Apr 25, 2024 19:34 |
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Feel very silly and naive when Blatter finally went down and I momentarily believed “surely it can't get dumber and more blatantly corrupt” and Infantino/FIFA have proved me wrong every day since
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# ? Apr 25, 2024 23:51 |
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sticksy posted:Feel very silly and naive when Blatter finally went down and I momentarily believed “surely it can't get dumber and more blatantly corrupt” and Infantino/FIFA have proved me wrong every day since Blatter was incredibly corrupt but he was at least incredibly corrupt in a funny way instead of a depressing way
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# ? Apr 26, 2024 01:39 |
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evil wizards are only usurped by more evil wizards
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# ? Apr 26, 2024 03:03 |
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johnny babyman's never even fallen off a stage
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# ? Apr 26, 2024 09:48 |
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vyelkin posted:Blatter was incredibly corrupt but he was at least incredibly corrupt in a funny way instead of a depressing way He also seemed to at least slightly care about football, given his efforts to give the cup to the seppos instead of Qatar
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# ? Apr 27, 2024 01:00 |
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Blatter leaving was the definition of a cursed monkey paw wish
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# ? Apr 27, 2024 01:35 |
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the sex ghost posted:Chuck blazer only took those bribes so he knew how to identify and avoid future bribes
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# ? Apr 27, 2024 10:18 |
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Jose posted:really is impressive to somehow get consistently worse people in charge of FIFA
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# ? Apr 28, 2024 09:09 |
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Racism is over https://twitter.com/RobHarris/status/1791053143490371830
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# ? Jun 6, 2024 06:01 |
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the more racism you do, the closer the ref gets to doing a d-generation x crotch chop
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