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Reek posted:The drinking zones sound like trouble to me, a bunch of rival fans collected in one area waiting in long queues for drinks in the heat. What could go wrong? I'm more concerned about the drunk rear end in a top hat that brings his drink outside of the zone. That will be a nice little international dog and pony show. I wonder if they will set up special courts like South Africa.
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I was thinking how this issue really highlights the difference between sports journalism and real journalism. The Guardian and a few others are doing an okay job at it, but not great. I think this stuff should be major world news, but instead it's often just a flavor piece next to laughing about how poo poo Bendtner is or talking about how Moyes has lost the plot already or whatever drivel is the current topic of the day. Just there to make someone reading the sports page feel nice and haughty about how informed they are with world issues. It would be nice if things like this could bridge that gap, both in expanding the target reading audience as well as using actual reporters with journalistic integrity to find real facts about these issues. Instead we'll get a drip feed of really depressing information from time to time and then the tone will turn to reluctant acceptance and football will die from heat stroke.
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Also, if a sports journalist writes a scathing expose of FIFA corruption, that person would never be invited to another FIFA event in their life, which could have a direct impact on that person's livelihood. An actual journalist wouldn't give a gently caress if a bunch of old men got mad at them and didn't invite them to tea parties and could therefore report on their corruption with impunity.
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This was interesting read, not least because the idea of a FIFA ethics committee is the most farcical thing I've heard in a while. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/oct/01/fifa-ethics-world-cup-2018-2022-investigation There's a few interesting things to take from that article. Like Australia trying to recoup their bid money. The 'ethics' head will be doing his own investigation, which I'm sure will have interesting results (I know it looked bad, but we did nothing wrong, we promise). Perhaps most interestingly, it looks like France Football will be releasing a further in-depth expose of the situation on Tuesday (today or next week I'm not sure). So someone post that if they can find it.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...ae-8930196.html What a farce.
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“I keep a big question mark on this. I have just passed through Iran and, even on a political level, people told me they would be happy to host some of the matches. “So not even in the Gulf state but in the Middle East in general. The UAE would also be very eager but let’s go step by step. The first step is to see how it can be played in November-December and this shall be until the next World Cup: we have six, nine months to do so.”
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PlantHead posted:A Blatter 
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FIFA still haven't made a decision on that whole winter/summer thing. No rush, you know, just every single domestic league of relevance will be affected. http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/25653594
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JunkDeluxe posted:Pretty sure I read a piece about the native Nepalese being accustomed to living at very high altitudes, and thus the heavy workload at normal altitudes takes a higher toll on their oxygen intake. Which in turn strains the heart because it needs to pump a lot more blood around than usual. Something like that. Blatter will probably "fix" it by only havin the Nepalese dudes to do the roofing. I thought heart failure was just code for heat stroke?
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Shes Not Impressed posted:Super villains, all of them. This is a superb deflection especially considering the great strides FIFA has taken to eliminate racism from the game.
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vyelkin posted:Japan bid equally best bid. I'd rather be gouged on taxis than worried about stadium safety and logistics.
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It's amazing how much of a fortress FIFA is. You'd think someone in their camp would be able to leak documents semi-anonymously. I doubt they are spending all their money on cyber-security. But I guess there are lucrative salaries/contacts at stake so no one has the balls to be a whistleblower.
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http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30440705 They are voting to release yet another edited version of the Garcia report?
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serious gaylord posted:I genuinely think hes one of the best businessmen the world has ever seen. What is his net worth?
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Dravs posted:Is it his nephew or his "nephew"? Is his name Octavian?
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looks like there will be a new round of arrests coming up  http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/sep/14/fresh-arrests-fifa-loretta-lynch-us-attorney-general
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Lenin Riefenstahl posted:It's pronounced sex wall-e 
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I'm glad TRPs nomination is finally being taken seriously.
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What wound up being the explanation for letting Platini on the ballot while suspended?
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Yes.
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Honestly, even if they tore FIFA apart and started all over, there is so much money involved I can't see the next generation not being just as corrupt. Maybe they will learn a couple of lessons to not be so glaringly obvious.
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 EXTRADITION ALERT Would you like to know more? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34713892
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FIFA never changes. http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/36293324
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Water breaks were added for Brazil, I thought.
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Bovril Delight posted:Would you seed it or just a free for all? if it's anything like your mam it will be both
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VP of FIFA and UEFA just resigned. http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40739853
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BBC link http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41596909
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B.B. Rodriguez posted:Well that's not suspicious at all, The Intercept. With them basically being a Russian media outlet, and all this hacking going on, I'm totally shocked an ambassador's email was 'found' and 'obtained' by you guys. "The plan, laid out in a slide deck provided to The Intercept through the group Global Leaks" They got the info through some wikileaks-esque intermediary. But yes, the release of the information probably suits some agenda.
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Wow. They are corrupt as gently caress, but at least they are ballsy about it.
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Are there any rules against this?
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less then a million seems like not enough counterbribing. also i would expect all these corruption charges to come with some sort of financial penalty.
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Chris James 2 posted:https://twitter.com/kenbensinger/status/1616607869494763521?s=46&t=xvhHJgsnhH2_up8uC2-Qbg quote:Fox Corporation, which broadcast the recent World Cup in Qatar and holds the rights to the 2026 tournament in North America, existed under a different corporate name and structure when the bribes took place and is not on trial in Brooklyn. When allegations about Fox’s potential involvement in corrupt acts emerged during the first trial, the company denied any knowledge, calling any suggestion to the contrary “emphatically false.” lol
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