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Spangly A posted:Apparently my mistake was to take the claimed figures as real, and not independent estimates. Yeah IIRC the Champions League final (depending on the teams of course) pulls the same amount of viewers as the Super Bowl. Both around ~100-120 million unique viewers, the World Cup final is a behemoth at 620 million viewers. It's a massive event. Hegay fucked around with this message at 11:41 on Sep 20, 2013 |
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oldman posted:Still wouldn't InBev throw a huge loving fit about them happening the same day? We're talking about 2022, not next year
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There's a slew of good reasons to boycott it. Everything from the problems stemming from Qatar being a sharia country, the cost of their bid, their disregard of human rights and the obvious corruption of FIFA.
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corpuscollossus posted:All unskilled construction labour makes between £150-200 a month, with most having to pay back a visa and loan shark for years after they arrive. Passports are kept by the sponsor and exit permits required to leave. quote:A major barrier to redressing labor abuses is the kafala (sponsorship) system, which ties a migrant worker’s legal residence to his or her employer, or “sponsor.” Migrant workers cannot change jobs without their sponsoring employer’s consent, except in exceptional cases with permission from the Interior Ministry. Literally slavery. For fucks sake.
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Tigren posted:Also, reminder that FIFA has an official "Ethics Committee" and the Senior Vice-President of FIFA, Julio Grondona, says poo poo like this: Same guy is also the chairman of the Finance Committee. e: and deputy chairman of Strategic Committee. gently caress FIFA. Hegay fucked around with this message at 22:53 on Sep 26, 2013 |
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Reminder there's only around ~300.000 Qataris in Qatar. The rest is immigrant labourers, many of them living in horrible conditions. Then again, it's no wonder their need almost two million labourers when you keep in mind that Qatar at the moment only have around 16.800 hotel rooms. They don't have the infrastructure needed to host a World Cup. The expectations for South Africa 2010 was around ~450.000 tourists and that was in the middle of a recession. Brazil is hoping for around ~600.000. Hegay fucked around with this message at 16:11 on Sep 27, 2013 |
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mrg220t posted:What's this suspension of the constitution thing? Does this really happen? Qatar will have to suspend parts of their constitution (they're a sharia country afterall). They also have to set up some economic freezones I think
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Crazy Ted posted:Defending Qatar this month – European Club Association head Karl Heinz-Rummenigge: "After visiting Qatar for our last general assembly we had a good feeling about a World Cup there." Also last week: German tax authorities fine Rummenigge a reported €250,000 for failing to declare two Rolexes received as gifts during the trip. This can't be loving real e: loving hell it is http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2436952/Karl-Heinz-Rummenigge-receives-Rolex-watches-worth-84-000-trip-Qatar.html
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Maradona joining inMaradona posted:The FIFA directors are all over 95 years old" he said. "The people there are so old that they cannot even drive a car, so how do they lead the world of football? Also said that FIFA only cares about business, seems like a lot of the legends is starting to put pressure on FIFA http://www.inforegion.com.ar/noticia/60006/maradona-no-les-importa-el-futbol-solo-el-negocio
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I know this is Eurocentric but the World Cup shouldn't have less European teams but more in this posters opinion.
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the sex ghost posted:I thought they weren't doing that because Sepp didnt want to disrespect the winter olympics, or some other stupid poo poo I think the plan is to play in december?? As to not disrupt boxing day matches
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Nov 19, 2013 13:13
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When are China going to host the World Cup?
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Red Star Baldgreg posted:I hope Sepp Blatter and the entire FIFA Executive Committee get murdered I have high hopes for Brazil 14'
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I hope Sepp Blatter dies soon.
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corpuscollossus posted:More of a Catch 22. My employer is extorting me under the threat of deportation to work at half the market wage while I slowly bleed to bankruptcy with rising rent and school fees. Salaries are paid in bits and pieces. I can either head home with nothing or hope that the law changes and step into a job that pays more than double. I should probably just cut my losses. Are you retarded?? Why the gently caress wouldn't you be on the first plane outta there loving hell
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The list of demands from FIFA to host countries makes even Mariah Carey blush and it just keeps getting longer so I doubt we'll get anyone but shady countries hosting the World Cup. Remember FIFA demands full tax exemption for FIFA and people involved in hosting and staging the World Cup (for 5 years, including delegates, players, refs etc). e: FIFA also wants the Brazil laws changed to make "ambush marketing" a crime punishable by up to a year in prison lol
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Blue Screen Error posted:Yes you can start Jozy and Adu lol I honestly thought the OPs links were to Jozys wiki or something
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hostile apostle posted:Fifa vice-president Jim Boyce says he would support a re-vote to find a new host for the Qatar World Cup in 2022 if corruption allegations can be proven. It's a pure PR/internal politics move. There won't be a re-vote also "if the corruption allegations can be proven". Videos of Sepp Blatter bathing in Qatari money and kicking slaves won't be proof enough for FIFA.
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serious gaylord posted:http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27787841 Danish FA voiced their disapproval today as well. It won't change poo poo because UEFA only has like 53 of the 204 votes. IMO, the important federations should have more votes
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joepinetree posted:Oh, yes, if only people like Platini had more votes we'd never have a world cup in Qatar... He's at least calling for re-election
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serious gaylord posted:http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27805019 I HOPE HE DIES SOON FFS
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Jose posted:I don't know, winning the next FIFA election as he becomes increasingly senile would be interesting Yeah, it would be pretty loving cool if the dude who somehow seems to be able to manipulate FIFA to do his bidding will get senile and still decide on the sport we all love 
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Jun 12, 2014 12:32
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Platini is the lesser evil
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Platini has given smaller nations a chance to qualify for Champions League and also given us FFP, which is retarded in it's current version but still a step in the right direction. Infinitely better than Blatter. This previous week Blatter has been speaking about inter-planetary football cups and the ability to challenge decisions like in Tennis
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Aumanor posted:Honestly, given how obviously wrong some of the refs' decisions can be, I think that ANY form of video verification is a step in the right direction. Not to imply that Blatter isn't the cancer of the football world, just that imho this particular proposition actually has some merit. It all evens out
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vyelkin posted:Yes. hm I dont think so
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Jun 27, 2014 16:56
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WHY WON'T SEPP BLATTER DIE FFS
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Jul 22, 2014 13:11
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Time for ECA to take over imo
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Jul 28, 2014 20:11
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Julio Grondona has died 
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He also hated the English because of Falklands and he was a huge corrupt piece of poo pooquote:According to a former employee of the Qatar bid team, at least one adviser recommended that the Qatar Football Association make a payment of $78.4 million to help the Argentina Football Association, or AFA, dig out of a financial crisis that threatened the country's domestic league. This person said the payment was meant to help Qatar's relationship with AFA President Julio Grondona, who is a member of FIFA's executive committee. lol
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ephex posted:Not that it is a big surprise or anything, but scientists have shown that holding the WC in Qatar during summer would be a health hazard for the players and supporters. Goatseed by a weather graph
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Aug 22, 2014 15:13
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I dont think he's the real Blatter
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Aug 22, 2014 16:23
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The Italian mod is taking a hard stance against corruption and he won't back down until someone pays him
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Vegetable posted:More women playing soccer is cool and good. I want to see a female Gattuso tear one right through Luis Suarez. No.
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Oct 5, 2014 18:13
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I would be really corrupt as well.
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artificial grass plays way different than natural and its such loving bullshit that we're going to have a winter world cup played on an artificial surface in stadiums build by slaves
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Europe and a couple of the South American teams are the only teams that matter anyways. It'll be easier for those to make a new fed than for FIFA to reform. It's loving retarded that a bunch of small islands no one cares about has as much power as UEFA.
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Never trust the swiss
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drat FIFA knows all the moves
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lol I hope they all die
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