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Its funny that there were rumours earlier this week and last week Qatar were going to lose the World Cup due to something other than it being obviously loving stupid and then this story broke
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Bea Nanner posted:I was thinking how this issue really highlights the difference between sports journalism and real journalism. During the Euros, the Suns chief European journalist, not sports journalist, wrote articles about Rooney's hair care products and poo poo like that. None of them care
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Sep 27, 2013 20:26
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The lack of giving a poo poo is fairly representative of lots of the media. And before anyone forgets the reason this thread was started, Sarkozy is one of the big reasons Qatar got the world cup so most politicians don't care either
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Sep 27, 2013 20:40
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The US getting another world cup before everyone else going for it apart from Qatar would be a pisstake anyway
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Sep 28, 2013 19:20
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Crazy Ted posted:Take out Qatar and the other bidding countries were Australia, Japan, South Korea, and the United States. Australia would have been the only one not to host for the second time so really that whole group was kind of underwhelming. Even better, it makes Blatter's southern hemisphere comments make even less sense if Australia got it
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Sep 28, 2013 19:35
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I can't wait for the oval office to die
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Oct 4, 2013 14:40
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euroboy posted:You never get that impression reading non-british media. He moans a lot yeah, but he seems more critical about the spanish league. There's no special bias against england from him, it's a myth. You're only a slave in Blatter's eyes if you play for an English club
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Oct 4, 2013 15:29
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Der Shovel posted:Well they are old and quite fat, so in all likelyhood a significant percentage of them will die before the Qatar World Cup rolls around. Those will be fun days. Reminder that Platini voted for Qatar and he is almost certainly going to be the next FIFA president
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Oct 5, 2013 08:11
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Psybro posted:Well I'd say a wider understanding of how things work in the Gulf is certainly spreading. I agree. I had no idea it was hot there
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Oct 7, 2013 17:38
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FIFA hate the English. Going for IFAB leadership might have worked though
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Oct 23, 2013 16:49
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It'll work by FIFA ranking forcing everyone to suffer through more friendlies every world cup as every country tries to boost its ranking
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Oct 30, 2013 11:52
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serious gaylord posted:Asian federation $$$ Same reason they want to cut European spaces at the world cup. They don't give a poo poo about anything except the money. Its no wonder Platini has realised the more logical solution is just to add more teams so even more money but the teams people like are still there
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Nov 8, 2013 01:14
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The only reason FIFA are even doing anything is because it turns out footballers are also stuck in Qatar and they managed to get word out
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Nov 21, 2013 22:31
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Red card and penalty is a harsh punishment. Should only be red if its a reckless/dangerous challenge as well
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Dec 5, 2013 22:08
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http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jan/20/jerome-champagne-sepp-blatter-fifa-presidency Jerome Champagne is going to run for FIFA presidency. How long before he gets caught up in a corruption scandal so Blatter can run uncontested again?
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Jan 20, 2014 16:12
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I can't wait to see how much it costs looking as how much was spent on Sochi
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Feb 7, 2014 15:32
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/18/qatar-world-cup-india-migrant-worker-deaths India have confirmed 500 people have died since 2012 building poo poo in Qatar
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Feb 18, 2014 18:53
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England are probably never hosting a football tournament again because its too expensive to bribe FIFA unlike the IOC
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Feb 23, 2014 21:33
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Gigi Galli posted:To be fair, it'd be kind of ridiculous to say an olympics with a literal terrorist bombing in it was "the best ever". Their competition to be more blatantly corrupt than the other is kind of funny
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Feb 24, 2014 23:40
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I need to get a job at FIFA
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Mar 17, 2014 23:37
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You really should have quoted the best part quote:The money transfer to Mr Teixeira’s daughter, whose account is registered in Rio, is thought to have been made by Sandro Rosell. Mr Teixeira has had a long-standing relationship involving a number of reported business deals with Mr Rosell, who was previously head of Nike Brazil and until early this year was President of Barcelona Football Club.
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Apr 19, 2014 07:42
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Gigi Galli posted:Between him and Tokyo Sexwhale you have to wonder if Sepp is just making up names and giving them to his puppets. Tokyo Sexwhale is my favourite name ever
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May 12, 2014 22:04
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Kurtofan posted:Ultimate A name so dumb it could be any already existing sport
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May 18, 2014 18:12
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http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/22/fifa-film-tim-roth-sepp-blatter I can't wait until they're all dead
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May 22, 2014 08:14
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Nobody is going to see the film so its not like it matters.
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May 22, 2014 09:06
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http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/02/fifa-ethics-head-michael-garcia-will-not-look-at-qatar-corruption-evidence Like we expected anything else really
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Jun 3, 2014 08:00
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http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/03/uefa-president-qatar-bid-bin-hammam Platini is so corrupt I'm starting to think Blatter sanctioned this leaks because he knew he was safe
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Jun 3, 2014 21:56
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http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/10/franz-beckenbauer-fine-fifa-investigation-world-cup Beckenbauer might get fined by FIFA for refusing to help with the corruption investigation
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Jun 10, 2014 14:50
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Peanut President posted:I've said it before and I'll say it again. Votes based on FIFA Rankings. Spain gets like 1, American Samoa gets 250. lol FIFA rankings are a massive joke
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Jun 10, 2014 21:40
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Blatter has dirt on everyone. There was an article I think on the Guardian recently about how he got to where he is, and lots of it was getting people to owe him favours so all of the dodgy stuff was done by other people so technically he's clean. Nobody at FIFA can touch him
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Jun 11, 2014 21:39
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Pissflaps posted:I loving hate FIFA and Sepp Blatter. It all started with Joao Havelange hating England and turned into this farce because of Switzerland. gently caress the Swiss
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Jun 11, 2014 22:30
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Hegay posted:I HOPE HE DIES SOON FFS I don't know, winning the next FIFA election as he becomes increasingly senile would be interesting
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Jun 12, 2014 12:30
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Its one of the reasons FIFA is hosed at doing anything important. Before he got caught bribing everyone Jack Warner had a ridiculous amount of power because all of the CONCACAF members did whatever he wanted giving him a huge amount of votes despite all being poo poo at football
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Jun 16, 2014 12:37
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Reminder that FIFA forces all world cup hosts to make everything tax free for FIFA and their sponsors
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Jun 22, 2014 18:43
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dilbertschalter posted:http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jul/21/ethics-investigation-private-fifa-michael-garcia lol i expected them to at least pretend it was real
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Jul 22, 2014 10:29
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Akileese posted:He remains in power because he's been in power so long. When you hold a position like that, you get dirt on everyone. I'm not convinced (from strictly a corruption standpoint) that Blatter is any worse than the rest of these fucks. He got dirt on everyone by making them do all the dodgy stuff as repayment for favours over the years, so technically he's completely clean if poo poo ever hits the fan.
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Jul 22, 2014 16:17
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The 2022 world cup could be held at either the start or end of the year to make sure it takes place in winter. FIFA haven't decided which is easier yet
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Nov 3, 2014 17:51
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Qatar are paying North Korea for a load of Koreans to help build the city for the world cup
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Nov 7, 2014 17:27
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BlueBayou posted:What would it actually take for Qatar to lose the WC? ISIS successfully taking over control of Qatar
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How many FIFA ethics investigators are there?
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