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So? We knew they were doing all kinds of shady stuff long before the World Cup. Why did FIFA go ahead with the World Cup in Qatar if all this stuff was happenin
by steponlego 4y ago
So? We knew they were doing all kinds of shady stuff long before the World Cup. Why did FIFA go ahead with the World Cup in Qatar if all this stuff was happening? An organization with actual balls would have called the whole thing off and banned the offending country from international football for 10 years.
- kreeben 4y agoFIFA probably used to be about balls at some point in time. Now they're all 'bout tha moneh, after funeh, in a rich man's wierld.
- panick21_ 4y agoFIFA has been known to be corrupt for many decades. They might have had 'balls' 100 years ago when the was little money in it, but I its not that likely.
- yborg 4y agoBecause FIFA is IOC-level corrupt? Any governing body of a high-value competition structure becomes corrupt to one level or another, a very small number of individuals can be bribed to obtain a desired outcome, and when the desired outcome is prestige the multiplier is almost infinite.
- markdown 4y ago[flagged]
- palata 4y agoAnd supporters with actual balls would have boycotted the World Cup in Qatar. Turns out (almost) nobody gave a shit, it was business as usual.
- zimpenfish 4y agoWell, I boycotted it but I suspect that made little difference. Problem is that if an institution (like the BBC) boycotted the Qatar World Cup, they'd almost certainly be in breach of contracts and banned from future world cups (and depending how vindictive FIFA wanted to be, UEFA and Premier League coverage too.)
- palata 4y agoSo the fact that the event goes against human rights is not enough to cancel a contract? What a sad world we live in.