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Qatar are spending £140bn in developing infrastructure over the next decade. You'll be surprised how willing world leaders are to turn down the care when the accused is shaking billions out of a golden tit above them.
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Jack Warner's replacement Jim Boyce has called for an immediate FIFA investigation into Qatar. The odds on the world governing body for football finding no evidence of abuse or giving Qatar a slap on the wrist and endorsing a joke of a world cup hosted in stadiums built by slaves is so mind-fuckingly real that we're almost living out the plot of a poo poo 90's Van Damme action movie.
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Sep 27, 2013 12:32
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The UN International Labour Organisation has now warned Qatar about forced labour too http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/27/qatar-failing-forced-labour-un
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Sep 27, 2013 17:40
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In terms of money, stadia, ability not to kill footballers during a summer tournament and it being an emerging market who've not hosted it before, the following probably get on the list: China, India, Canada, Australia, Indonesia, Turkey, Holland and Iran.
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Sep 29, 2013 11:16
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My favourite picture from the commonwealth games was when the fancy dan British team turned up and complained their rooms looked like this and there were feral dogs sleeping on their beds
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Sep 30, 2013 12:26
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FIFA are due to announce today that Qatar faces no threat to it's hosting rights, but it's expected that a taskforce will be setup to examine alternative dates for the tournament. Sepp is pushing for a vote on moving it to Jan/Feb today, but Platini wants a full report done with people from different leagues involved on making the decision. Basically they don't give a gently caress about migrant workers and Sepp was up for pushing a move through without even consulting league officials. Aside from loving up football calendars the move will also clash with the Superbowl and Winter Olympics. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24375821
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Oct 4, 2013 10:58
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http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/bodies/news/newsid=2190019/index.html Fifa are streaming today's press conference in half an hour's time. We should run a sweepstakes on how many minutes it takes before someone says something absolutely moronic. *EDIT* Full agenda available here: http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/aff..._en_neutral.pdf There's items on it about women's football, racism & discrimination and the Israel-Palestine situation. I imagine each one will flop a beautiful quote from someone senior. Bacon of the Sea fucked around with this message at 13:10 on Oct 4, 2013 |
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Oct 4, 2013 13:05
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BOOM. 3 mins in and a Qatari journalist asked a question about timescale for deciding if it will be summer/winter, then added that they have evidence the Guardian report was all made up and the Nepalese ambassador to Qatar agreed the stories were false. Sepp replied "We have received information from constructors that it is not true". He's now added that it's not Fifa's remit to supervise construction crews around the world and that "we should have spoken about heat before". A British journalist then asked what the point of an investigation is if they've already decided Qatar will definitely host. He replied the report is not up to the Fifa exec, it's down to the ethics committee, adding he can't comment on it or what they want to do. Ladies & Gentlemen, Fifa: Someone should have told us before we decided that it was hot in Qatar.
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Oct 4, 2013 14:12
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Sepp also said he had "no opinion" about FIFA ethics investigator Michael Garcia being barred entry into Russia to investigate for violations of the ethics code and evidence that political influence had played a part in world cup voting. It may be worth noting that it was Blatter that signed the 4 year sponsorship deal between Fifa and Russian state owned Garprom last month, a deal that runs up to the end of the next world cup. At the time Sepp said "We are aware of the many humanitarian and social projects that this Russian company has implemented. I am convinced that this is a good partnership that will not only help World Cup preparations, but also serve us well afterwards." Sepp has also been put in charge of deciding the fate of the Russia 2018 world cup regarding the anti-gay law, rather than the ethics committee or fifa taskforce against discrimination. Which no doubt we'll never hear another word on.  The mind reels.
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Oct 4, 2013 14:35
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The best thing about 4 team groups is when an outside team manages 4 points and slips through to the knockout stages and scalps some favourites while the rest of the world smiles like it's watching otters hold hands. Sepp literally wants to reduce the chance of a Bulgaria or Croatia or South Korea going feral in the knock outs. He never wants to see Greece make Ronaldo cry again. I can't stand for this.
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Oct 31, 2013 00:46
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Byolante posted:Single elimination random draw from every national team that shows up. Determine first round byes by those with the lowest fifa ranking getting bye priority. The Karate Kid World Cup
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Nov 1, 2013 01:12
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I know someone who has a Brazilian wife and she told me that she knows a couple of people who are working in marketing for a company who are in some way one of the many sponsors of the world cup next year. The company have a corporate spend ethics team and if you want to spend more than like £200 on an event or corporate gift or blah for another company you have to justify it and have it approved well in advance. Similarly they can't accept any gift or spend that amounts to more than like £50. This is apparently becoming standard amongst companies like this in Brazil because questions have been raised about how ethical some decisions about the Olympics/WC have been and they want to be accountable if there was some kind of scandal as it would be awful for their reputation on a global scale. Fifa however apparently have nothing like this in place because they are fifa and guess if they claim they didn't know it happened then it's not their fault *shrug*
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Nov 7, 2013 18:52
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In the 3rd minute of bonus time in the 4th quarter of the Germany Brazil Qatar trifinal of the Gazprom World Cup a 200 year old Sepp Blatter rolls onto the pitch in a wheelchair, runs over the Qatari keeper and falls on top of him. The ref gives a fast 3 count and Blatter is declared world heavyweight football champion of the world. David Beckham is shown on the video screens standing by the players tunnel. He shakes his head and picks up a chair. The vaginadome has never seen action like this.
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Nov 21, 2013 10:18
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Today FIFA admitted that slave labour in Qatar are "absolutely unacceptable", then conceded that there's little they can do to fix it. At least they've stopped saying the Guardian made it all up.
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Feb 13, 2014 18:19
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I remember when the 2010 Champions League didn't happen at Wembley and Platini said it was because of taxes, so it was held there the next year and everyone was tax exempt including the Barcelona players and support staff. Then a politician questioned why footballers should be tax exempt when people playing at Wimbledon or the golf or F1GP aren't. The answer is because FIFA.
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Feb 14, 2014 10:19
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Vinestalk posted:The International Trade Union Confederation went into Qatar to examine working conditions in order to write a report. The report was just published and it was titled "Qatar is a land without conscience." Best quotes: Everything Qatar has done so far is just an attempt to throw dust into the public’s eyes. They give the impression that they make progress but, taking a closer look, as we did during our inspection trip, you realise that nothing has changed. I am under the impression that FIFA does indeed play an active part, but not in terms of actual results. They shun it [the opportunity to enforce change], in part due to financial reasons and sponsorship deals. FIFA needs to accept responsibility.
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Mar 19, 2014 18:15
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I've heard anecdotally that there's been a couple of people with near zero sports experience from the UAE who've been enrolled on SFA coaching courses, which were favoured over FA ones because they bloodied Mourinho. Literally can't wait until Man City or similar replace their manager with a 28yo son of an Emir and all the bullshit that follows.
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Mar 31, 2014 18:40
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Looking forward to seeing at least one image of a footballer from a rich European country with awful 90's rap inspired ink cowering behind a chair while a pack of feral 9 year olds attack the team bus with mac-10s.
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Apr 24, 2014 15:26
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I think they're deploying the Guardian honeypot journalism approach where FIFA will reply countering it, then the Times releases more docs proving FIFA are awful and talking pork, then FIFA go "Oh, we made a mistake what we meant was..." and then the Times release more docs. This repeats until Sepp makes a final statement clarifying that money is an abstract, nobody has died in Qatar since 1963 and that Britain is a terrorist organisation determined to ruin the work of a globally recognised registered charity
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Jun 1, 2014 10:50
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Jose posted:http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/10/franz-beckenbauer-fine-fifa-investigation-world-cup My favourite Beckenbauer moment was that time he went over to investigate work conditions in Qatar and came back saying they were fine and then had to pay a massive fine for not declaring £400k in watches given to him as gifts while he was there. However, learning that Qatar hired him as a consultant in oil & gas negotiations going on in countries he's never visited pretty much dictates he'll win the Most Poorly Hidden Bribery award 2014.
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Jun 12, 2014 15:35
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Sky Shadowing posted:Yeah, Russia you can grumble and complain a bit, but it's not a ridiculously offensive choice. Qatar was just absolutely blatant corruption from top to bottom.  Here is an image of Putin watching Russian state majority owned oil & gas company Gazprom sign a sponsorship deal reputably for two hundred million that runs from 2015-2018. Oil & gas totally had a firm hand shake on both world cup deals.
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Jun 13, 2014 09:33
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Tsaedje posted:Remember how Beckenbauer was banned for a massive 90 days for failing to co-operate with corruption investigations 14 days ago? Well the ban has been lifted! "I under-estimated the matter," Beckenbauer said in the statement Apparently FIFA have some kind of China style filter prohibiting staff from knowing how many people know they're really corrupt.
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Jul 2, 2014 14:05
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Fifa has ruled out calls for Russia to be axed as hosts of 2018 after the shooting down of MH17, insisting the tournament could be 'a force for good' For Fifa to dismiss European politicians with such a massive burn only highlights how they have no masters. If the EU got really lovely you know Fifa would relocate to Qatar in 28 days.
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Jul 27, 2014 10:01
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World Cup stadium construction crew paid 45p an hour and forced to work 30 days a month: http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jul/29/qatar-world-cup-stadium-workers-earn-45p-hour
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Jul 29, 2014 16:07
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The bit where it says Amnesty Int and the Filipino Gov have also called for investigations into the police after members they sent to Qatar were tortured while under arrest, pretty much hints how few fucks Qatar gives about resolving this in a way that doesn't make them look like Bond villains.
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Sep 4, 2014 15:37
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dkj posted:FIFA will win and do what they want, make all the money and declare it the best World Cup ever. This but with the opening group stage replaced with six donkeys starved for a fortnight on live television until they eat six British journalists and a human rights lawyer
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Sep 9, 2014 23:53
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If Nepalese workers really cared about their working conditions they'd have offered better incentives to FIFA to have them resolved.
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Sep 23, 2014 10:08
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Has anyone at FIFA suggested building underground stadiums in Qatar yet? The slaves may not like living underground like rabbits for two years while they construct it, but they're less likely to die from the heat. Also, as it's underground and away from the light of God this means English and Italians can drink Budweiser and throw plastic chairs at each other away from God's gaze. Everyone's a winner!
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Oct 21, 2014 14:25
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May as well drain some covered swimming pools and convert the bottoms into those sandy hockey pitches at this stage tbh.
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Oct 30, 2014 11:35
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Jose posted: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 Sepp has gone back on promises with the IOC about the world cup clashing with the Olympics. To flag just how loving corrupt world sport currently is, the 2022 Qatar World Cup is currently likely to clash with Kazakhstan Olympics (unless China beats them to the hosting rights)
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