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Qatar will not lose the 2022 world cup.
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Sep 22, 2013 03:55
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Konstantin posted:Why not? It's not like the people involved have to give their bribes back or anything, and this way they won't have to spend money moving the club season around to fit a winter World Cup. If the WC gets taken away from Qatar, similar lovely resource-rich countries will be less inclined to make similar attempts in the future, which would cut into future earnings of dedicated bribe accepters. Second, I suspect a lot of the money promised comes in the form of "development projects," which means that Qatar can still pull a large chunk of its money out. Finally, Qatar has more than enough money to compensate whatever losses leagues will incur as a result of a winter WC. Also, taking the World Cup from a Muslim country and giving it to the literal great satan (there would be a revote, but the USA would be the expected winner) would lead to negative reactions. It's not impossible, but I'd say there's a 1% chance, if that.
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Sep 22, 2013 09:34
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Mercaptopropyl posted:iirc he was banned for life. something to do with him being corrupt. no, that was bin hammam. he might be thinking of champagne, if ages ago is months ago.
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Apr 6, 2014 07:13
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JFairfax posted:Perhaps he just tried the wrong door! that's brilliant! Unironically the most probable cause.
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Jun 18, 2014 23:35
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Dravs posted:Speaking of which, whatever happened to that Michael Garcia corruption report that was due after the world cup? Are we supposed to have forgotten about it? http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jul/21/ethics-investigation-private-fifa-michael-garcia
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Jul 22, 2014 10:27
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Humphrey Vasel posted:Is he the least corrupt because bribery isn't corruption in his eyes? No, it's because plenty of other high-ranking members of fifa (and it gets even worse once you get into uefa, concacaf, caf, etc;) are literally more corrupt than he is.
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Jul 22, 2014 15:39
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Drogadon posted:http://www.thestar.com/sports/soccer/2014/08/04/fifa_boss_sepp_blatter_hypes_possible_canadian_bid_for_2026_world_cup.html Force America to pay more bribe money with the threat of competition...
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