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Crazy Ted posted:Nope. That's why this whole thing is such a farce. Australia are going to make a legal challenge if its moved as qatar were awarded the contract by giving false information (The ability to host the world cup in the summer) so they want all the money they spent on their bid given back.
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T. Finninho posted:I hope there are massive legal challenges and FIFA is crushed in court I just want one federation to full on state that they poured cash into the fifa execs pockets. England very nearly did when the bids were first given to Russia and Qatar and Im waiting for it to all come out.
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T. Finninho posted:Basically the awarding of the World Cup to Qatar has to be challenged in court, with the only acceptable outcome being the 2022 World Cup stripped from those loving joke merchants and awarded to a country that actually deserves it. I'd also accept the death by angry mob of the FIFA Executive Committee but that might be a long shot. I'd like to see corruption charges though, maybe that's more realistic. It's just such naked blatant corruption & hubris and it bothers me so so much. Unfortunately I dont think there exists anyone powerful enough to stop them. The only way Fifa could effectively be harmed would be if the European, South American + Japan/S.Korean teams agreed a boycott and single handedly cut off the major advertising revenue for their tournaments. But can you honestly see those nations, all run by people equally as corrupt and interested in sticking to the status quo doing something that would effectively ruin their domestic leagues? Fifa exist out of the control of any governing body and by being based in Switzerland it absolves them of almost any financial crime too. They're untouchable.
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Sep 26, 2013 20:08
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Psybro posted:The best case scenario is that domestic leagues realise the massive arseache this will cause and refuse to release players. Unfortunately at that point the Premier League, Bundesliga, Serie A and La Liga all go "Hang on, whilst we're seceding from FIFA, we may as well get that European superleague going, n'est pas?" and then top flight football really is dead forever. As much as I'd like that to happen, can you actually see a way that the top clubs in each leagues, used to getting favoured over the rest of the dross in their countries, somehow making a deal that they'd all agree to?
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Sep 26, 2013 21:10
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Actually its them being arrested while in Brazil and thrown in prison for fraud, bribery and whatever and never let out again.
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Sep 26, 2013 21:18
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Adulterous Hitler posted:Reminder that FIFA are a NPO and don't pay any taxes. Also that the main reason they chose not to host the world cup in England + Australia is that their governments refused to make all the sponsor payments tax free too.
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Sep 26, 2013 21:32
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I imagine if the worlds press start in on them about poo poo like that you might start to see some pressure applied, but still nothing will ever change.
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Sep 26, 2013 21:45
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Ponce de Le0n posted:Not really as one thing that would really harm the WC and FIFA would be a refusal to change the schedule and try and retain a number of big players at their clubs, if they ran a campaign for it id assume most fans would be on board. Gotta keep that tax free advertiser cash flowing and if Ronaldo and Messi arent coming they'll get angry.
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Sep 27, 2013 19:29
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ayb posted:What would it take for all the big footballing nations to back out if fifa and let them have 15 lovely concacaf island nations and 17 middle eastern countries in the world cup Someone giving each federation 6 billion pounds.
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Sep 27, 2013 23:23
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oldman posted:It really seemed to be a rather usual 'Asian's style of managing a sporting event, events being "sold out" with empty stadiums and what have you. Also 40% of the staff they hired failing to turn up and just running off with the kit they'd been given.
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Sep 29, 2013 22:06
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MisterBadIdea posted:So a 40-team World Cup would still go straight from the group stage to a round of 16, right? Christ, this will suck. Yes there would just be more group games.
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Oct 29, 2013 20:56
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Byolante posted:They would probably find some way to make it 10 4 team groups so that Sep's son and Match Accomodation could profiteer even more than expected but saying Surprise 2 more venues to Russia might cause some annoyance. 10 groups doesnt divide properly for the next rounds.
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Oct 30, 2013 10:09
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Gigi Galli posted:Lmao what, this makes 0 sense. What's the justification? Asian federation $$$
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Nov 7, 2013 23:39
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Hegav posted:I think the plan is to play in december?? As to not disrupt boxing day matches So they're going to interrupt one of the busiest periods in European football.
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Nov 19, 2013 13:15
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corpuscollossus posted:Thing is Qatar is deeply invested in what people think. Damien Hirst just managed to fleece them of tens of millions because Qatar is dead set on being the modern art capital of the world. Thats because its slavery, plain and simple. No-one wanted to set the slaves free either.
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Nov 21, 2013 21:17
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Quite frankly i hope the whole arabian peninsular is claimed by the sea so i never have to hear about one of their loving slave built vanity projects again If the place is this bad now, what do you think its going to be like in 70 years when the wells start to dry?
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Nov 21, 2013 21:54
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Just been listening to five live and they're discussing if the tennis in qatar will be called off due to temperature, in january I think they're talking about Australia what with the open being on and players feinting during matches because of heat stroke.
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Jan 14, 2014 10:21
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It wont get moved. Qatar are such a small footballing nation that they wouldnt care if Fifa banned them for life for exposing all the bribery they paid to get it there in the first place. We're going to get some guff about 'improving conditions' and 'keeping a vigilant eye on proceedings' and then Sepp will show up with a new Ferrari.
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Feb 16, 2014 17:08
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T. Finninho posted:I hope there's another picture of that loving disgusting Qatari delegate having the WC trophy ripped out of his hands and then being kicked down a big hole 300 style I would also like Sepp blatter to make a sexist comment about a woman footballer who then stabs him and he dies and a load of Qatari stamped gold coins fall out his pocket while the rest of FIFA chant traitor.
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Feb 16, 2014 21:04
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Charlotte Hornets posted:the indians in can't build shocker Quoting this post to see if its actually real.
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atomic gog posted:2030 is the World Cup centenary year, I hope they have it somewhere good. Uruguay or England imo. Would like 2030 in Uruguay or England but then i also realised i'll be in my late 40's and it makes me sad.
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Feb 20, 2014 18:54
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Coohoolin posted:Scotland and England played the first international so obviously the centenary should be held in the then-independent Socialist Republic of Scotland. I dont think a bankrupt scotland could afford a world cup.
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Feb 20, 2014 20:27
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Reminder that Fifa drove several businesses near to Bankruptcy during the South African world cup because they werent allowed to sell certain products close to any of the participating grounds.
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Mar 19, 2014 23:46
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I would say that Europe should have the most votes, South America the 2nd, Asia the 3rd, Africa the 4th and North America last but they're all as corrupt as each other. Its just cheaper to bribe the smaller nations than say, the Italian FA.
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Apr 5, 2014 10:47
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At this point Blatter knows that if he was to ever leave office, his successor will just utterly ream him for all the corrupt poo poo hes done purely to cement their position. He knows he needs to leave that office in a coffin or he'll be in prison.
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May 12, 2014 22:04
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I'm not joking there. I literally think that he's refusing to leave office because he knows with all the shady poo poo he's done, he'd spend the rest of his life in prison after his successor goes on a crusade to clean up Fifa and uses him as the scapegoat for decades of fraud and mismanagement.
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May 12, 2014 23:59
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:I completely agree. If he loses it's going to be to someone promising radical change and that means the blatter clan goes down as a scapegoat for everything FIFA's done so he's not leaving the post alive if he can help it. I imagine it'd take his entire family down with him too. The shady business contracts hes gifted to sons, nephews and what not.
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May 13, 2014 00:02
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I would like to think in 30 years or so it will have all come out about how this was one of Footballs darkest periods and we look back and wonder how he was able to get away with it so blatantly.
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May 13, 2014 00:09
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corpuscollossus posted:A brief overview of the changes: If you are still in this country by Monday I'm going to assume that you are okay with being trapped there forever.
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Baldo di Gregorio posted:please stop no i need to be distracted from the fact Roy has named Frank Lampard vice captain and as such will more than likely play for England during the world cup.
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May 19, 2014 01:06
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Modus Trollens posted:I feel like the broadcasters will step in. Murdoch didn't pay three billion pounds for a winter break. They also didnt pay ridiculous sums for world cup rights to have it not be the centre attraction of the summer and instead compete with loads of other sport.
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May 19, 2014 16:52
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Modus Trollens posted:Serious question: what other sports are in Asia? While the American market is obviously flooded with tons of others and we have rugby we all know the money is with the Asians. When's the cricket season for example? Moving the world cup to Jan would put it smack dab in the middle of the sub continents cricket season. Wouldnt really affect China/Korea/Japan though.
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May 19, 2014 17:15
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The sponsors will have to pull their money before they actually do anything.
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Shes Not Impressed posted:Super villains, all of them. The African Confederation are hitting out at the racist claims of the media that their football federation is rife with corruption, match fixing and illegality. The last 2 games featuring Nigeria have all had allegations for match fixing. There was also allegations that up to 5 matches at the last ACN were fixed. 6 of their members have been investigated for fraud in the last year. Yeah, must be racism.
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Jun 9, 2014 22:04
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Media are saying theres a massive protest being planned for the first game of the World cup. I wonder how the broadcasters will disguise the noise of people getting shot?
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Jun 10, 2014 17:21
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27787841 The FA's are starting to turn on him.
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Der Shovel posted:I'm triggering hard here Platini is pissed that Blatter is standing for election again. There was an agreement after the last one that Blatter would step down and Platini would take over. Internal squabbles often bring out all the skeletons in the closet.
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Jun 11, 2014 08:42
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27805019 Blatters gone fully mental.
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tetsman posted:But Beckenbauer of all? This is just getting ridiculous. He was silly enough to get caught with the watches.
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This is going to be the trigger for the big clubs to leave uefa and form their own super league isnt it.
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