NTRabbit posted:

El Hefe posted:

qatar is prob pretty nice if youre a rich tourist though

Parody Threads posted:

Hope Solo will probably be celebrating, not sure she could help.

stickyfngrdboy posted:

My favourite thing about this thread since the USA got involved is the number of people who didn't give a poo poo about FIFA a month ago, who then appear out of the blue to say 'you're wrong, Leeds dad, because we've got RICO!' And not one of those posters has explained how or why they think RICO will convict the - so far as anyone knows - innocent man who runs the organisation.

African AIDS cum posted:

You TFFers are easily trolled

stickyfngrdboy posted:

You're a retarded child.

vyelkin posted:

And Sheikh Salman, the next FIFA President who, remember, wants to run in an unopposed election, was good enough to sign a pledge that FIFA will respect human rights, although not before he insisted they remove all specific references to Russia, Qatar, women, and gay people.

spanky69 posted:

Yeah we took the bribes, so what!

Give us our money back!

http://www.espnfc.us/blog/fifa/243/post/2830672/fifa-admits-to-world-cup-hosting-bribes

quote:

In the claim, lawyers for soccer's world body state: "FIFA has become notable for the defendants' bribery and corruption, not its many good works.

"FIFA is entitled to restitution for this harm to its business relationships, reputation and intangible property."

excuse me lady posted:

rugby players are all posh boy public school twats who are used to Knowing Their Place and Respecting Their Betters or they'll get the birch from the form master and a jolly good buggering from the prefect

Lutha Mahtin posted:

"the fact that 2 drunks can fight does not make them champions"

Waroduce posted:

Lol imagine a world cup in Russia in this international environment lmao

Ninpo posted:

*Foghorn Leghorn voice*

Ahmad Ah say Ahmadding up these bribes son and they're just too small

Lutha Mahtin posted:

its a nerd in a booth who gets to say "WELL ACTUALLY,"

ephex posted:

https://twitter.com/kenbensinger/status/1029149165228457984

lol

CyberPingu posted:

I dont know what that is either.

big crush on Chad OMG posted:

So is this proof that your 2-5x was incorrect?

big crush on Chad OMG posted:

Imagine claim Wendy’s as better than in and out or shake shack

Just imagine

Bea Nanner posted:

also i would expect all these corruption charges to come with some sort of financial penalty.

CyberPingu posted:

"Kick Corona out of football. Sponsored by Corona Lite"

Vegetable posted:

Biannual world cups are fine. Disrupting the club calendar to accommodate toasty countries also sound fine. People just have a lot of inertia about this kinda poo poo. World Cups are great.

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vyelkin posted:

Infantino has addressed all our concerns that the biennial World Cup would just be to make more money by informing us that actually the biennial World Cup would be good because it would make more money.

freeedr posted:

Yeah Mexico City is, right now, at the hottest time of day in summer, sitting at 67F / 19.4C.

To be fair, Miami isn’t super hot right now either at 85F / 29C, but it is still way hotter that Mexico City.

stab posted:

Maybe Canada can get a point now

Loving Africa Chaps posted:

I would play the gently caress out of this

Shrapnig posted:

There is no domestic Saudi interest in football outside of their national team. One of their Pro League games had an attendance of like 130 a couple weeks ago. Stevie G's boys played in front of 500 people last week

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The FIFA Disciplinary Committee announced Monday that former Spanish Football Association (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales has been banned from all national and international soccer activities for three years after forcibly kissing Spanish national team player Jenni Hermoso following Spain's win at the Women's World Cup in August.

The kiss happened during the trophy ceremony after the win. Hermoso walked up to Rubiales for a handshake or a hug, but instead Rubiales kissed her on the mouth. Rubiales was also accused of making inappropriate comments about Hermoso and other players in the locker room (at one point he reportedly said he wanted to marry Hermoso despite being married himself).

Hermoso was pressured in the days after the kiss to say it was consensual, but she consistently said the kiss was non-consensual and made her feel uncomfortable, like she was the "victim of an assault."

Rubiales apologized several days after the incident and was expected to resign in a speech to the RFEF, but instead refused to resign, saying the kiss was consensual and he was the victim of a witch hunt by "false feminists." Following that, the team said it wouldn't play for Spain again until Rubiales was fired, the entire coaching staff resigned in protest (except manager Jorge Vilda, who was eventually fired), FIFA provisionally suspended him for 90 days, Hermoso filed charges against him for sexual assault, and also got a restraining order. Rubiales finally resigned Sept. 10.

This ruling is not the end of Rubiales. He has already filed an appeal with the FIFA Appeal Committee, writing in a post on X (formerly known as Twitter) that the three-year ban is an "injustice" and he is pursuing an appeal so the "truth" can shine.

sticksy posted:

Started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this
It was only a kiss