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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > U.S. Department of Justice vs. FIFA: Zurich in Flames, Indictments For All
 
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pangstrom
Jan 25, 2003

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Okay in exchange for this Spain Argentina Italy Brazil England have to draw straws. The US gets to pick the best young striker/forward from the short straw's pool okay? Please it's ugly over here we need help.

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pangstrom
Jan 25, 2003

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RICO is Suave.

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pangstrom
Jan 25, 2003

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StandardVC10 posted:

Why did that happen anyway? Did someone have a friend in the astroturf business?
I'm sure it's that too but yeah field turf / polytan etc. is creeping up into more and more serious games, and most of the teams that don't play matches on it still train on it. Definitely better than what USA v. Mexico was played on a couple months ago.

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pangstrom
Jan 25, 2003

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Spazzle posted:

What is context to why international soccer fans are so actively pissed at fifa?
Well, computer pretending to be a person, FIFA leverages people's love for soccer into money for people working at FIFA. This beak-wetting trumps the interest of the fans, the game, local governments, fairness, etc. Qatar getting the World Cup was when it really jumped the shark I think, but you can watch John Oliver videos if you want the other highlights.

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pangstrom
Jan 25, 2003

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GlyphGryph posted:

From what I understand, the IOC likes to see 80% support before considering a city.
They're probably going to have to modify that because the cat is kind of out of the bag re: hosting the Olympics.

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pangstrom
Jan 25, 2003

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Rollofthedice posted:

Is there a World Cup that wasn't obtained by bribery?
Maybe somebody blackmailed FIFA. Or took hostages. Something like that.

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pangstrom
Jan 25, 2003

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Yeah I'm just saying that those are more likely than anything happening on the up and up, it's not that kind of dance.

pangstrom fucked around with this message at 23:55 on Oct 18, 2015

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