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This is so highly unusual even sports-allergic HN wants to discuss it. It's like a religious schism in some sense.

xhevahir 3mo ago
It's about brazen corruption in one of the world's most famous institutions. Taking an interest in it isn't as irrational as all that.
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- robocat 3mo ago
  FIFA Gate corruption was in 2015. The new problem is business. https://wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_FIFA_corruption_case https://wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_FIFA_corruption_case
  - JumpCrisscross 3mo ago
    On what planet are we supposed to believe Infantino isn’t corrupt?
- AlecSchueler 3mo ago
  It's unusual when we're flagging posts about DOGE exfiltrating public data as off topic because it isn't purely tech related.
  - theshrike79 3mo ago
    TBH a bunch of people were (still are?) massive fans of the dipshit in charge of DOGE. Nobody likes Infantino.
  - nairboon 3mo ago
    DOGE is internal US politics, football is global and large parts of Han's audience is global nowadays.
coffeebeqn 3mo ago
I don’t know whos on Infantinos side on this
- qzw 3mo ago
  The companies that want a piece of FIFA, I assume. Edit: I just realized you meant who here on hn, in which case I assume the hardcore capitalists/libertarians. But they can speak for themselves.
- haunter 3mo ago
  Trump and his family. His son in law is running the investment firm https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-fifa-investors-kushner-infantino-uefa-8345e0864e3a217632733810c232b423 https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-fifa-investors-kushner-... In turn Trump wants to nominate Infantino for Secretary General of UN https://www.euronews.com/2026/07/22/trumps-pick-for-the-next-un-secretary-general-gianni-infantino-reportedly https://www.euronews.com/2026/07/22/trumps-pick-for-the-next...
  - DeRock 3mo ago
    There is nothing this family does not see as an opportunity for corruption. Comically evil.
    - an0malous 3mo ago
      as an opportunity for profit* I think it’s important to clarify the incentives at play, people are rarely evil for the sake of being evil
      - skygazer 3mo ago
        I think the evil part is the [at any cost] part, the incentives are irrelevant. An AI that only wants to make paperclips isn't evil because of the paperclips.
      - ifwinterco 3mo ago
        The thing is though, they’re already outrageously rich. At some point you genuinely are just being dodgy purely for the love of the game
throw-the-towel 3mo ago
It's just yet another Donald Trump story, which are legion around here these days. The World Cup itself is also a hot topic right now, with Euros and Muricans trying to rage bait each other.

It's about brazen corruption in one of the world's most famous institutions. Taking an interest in it isn't as irrational as all that.

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robocat 3mo ago
FIFA Gate corruption was in 2015. The new problem is business. https://wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_FIFA_corruption_case https://wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_FIFA_corruption_case
- JumpCrisscross 3mo ago
  On what planet are we supposed to believe Infantino isn’t corrupt?
AlecSchueler 3mo ago
It's unusual when we're flagging posts about DOGE exfiltrating public data as off topic because it isn't purely tech related.
- theshrike79 3mo ago
  TBH a bunch of people were (still are?) massive fans of the dipshit in charge of DOGE. Nobody likes Infantino.
- nairboon 3mo ago
  DOGE is internal US politics, football is global and large parts of Han's audience is global nowadays.

coffeebeqn 3mo ago

I don’t know whos on Infantinos side on this

qzw 3mo ago
The companies that want a piece of FIFA, I assume. Edit: I just realized you meant who here on hn, in which case I assume the hardcore capitalists/libertarians. But they can speak for themselves.
haunter 3mo ago
Trump and his family. His son in law is running the investment firm https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-fifa-investors-kushner-infantino-uefa-8345e0864e3a217632733810c232b423 https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-fifa-investors-kushner-... In turn Trump wants to nominate Infantino for Secretary General of UN https://www.euronews.com/2026/07/22/trumps-pick-for-the-next-un-secretary-general-gianni-infantino-reportedly https://www.euronews.com/2026/07/22/trumps-pick-for-the-next...
- DeRock 3mo ago
  There is nothing this family does not see as an opportunity for corruption. Comically evil.
  - an0malous 3mo ago
    as an opportunity for profit* I think it’s important to clarify the incentives at play, people are rarely evil for the sake of being evil
    - skygazer 3mo ago
      I think the evil part is the [at any cost] part, the incentives are irrelevant. An AI that only wants to make paperclips isn't evil because of the paperclips.
    - ifwinterco 3mo ago
      The thing is though, they’re already outrageously rich. At some point you genuinely are just being dodgy purely for the love of the game

throw-the-towel 3mo ago

It's just yet another Donald Trump story, which are legion around here these days. The World Cup itself is also a hot topic right now, with Euros and Muricans trying to rage bait each other.