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In honour of FIFA, who are absolutely not corrupt bastards


In honour of FIFA, who are absolutely not corrupt bastards



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37 Comments

  • st6374

    I thought President Infantile would come up & shore up the mess. Didn’t think he’d give that Qataris a fucking rimjob Infront of everyone.

  • councilmember

    I don’t get it. They would have made bank if they had held it somewhere that didn’t have these problems. I know it spreads love of football and Qatar has money out tha wazoo but also no surprise about labor practices or alcohol or neglect of environment. It’s actually like they weren’t even asked to try to improve for the privilege of hosting.

  • LiCHtsLiCH

    Corruption? Man that’s not a nice thing to say. Listen I’m not saying this is even a decent rollout, it’s Quatar, and without oil money, is a very different place, like the rest of the Middle East, but people willing to work for more money isn’t corruption. All selection processes take into account many factors, and on this scale, they are not picking a name at random out of a hat. Just saying, calling this corrupt instead of getting paid I think is an insult… and I dont even like soccer, or Quatar very much, however I do support decisions that generate exchanges that are beneficial for the parties involved. I mean if you were expecting it to be random names drawn from a lotto, then it “could” be in London every time, and not corruption.

  • cramr

    The press is also a joke, having segments on how bad it is fifa and Qatar and then…
    “Coming soon! Full coverage of WC live from Qatar” like wtf??!!

  • daserlkonig

    What are we going to do? I understand the FIFA situation, but are we going to ignore that our technology, clothing, and other products are made by the same people in other countries with similar situations. Slave labor is slave labor.

  • MrBond90

    I actually don’t indulge in soap operas myself. Not that there is anything wrong with anyone that does. Besides the producers being totally corrupt. Won’t get my money.

  • OldChucker

    Even taking away all the horrendous civil rights record and any corruption herewith, the environment of being in the restrictive Qatar for a wildly popular, internationally diverse sport of celebration and expression is like booking a bachelor party at a daycare center’s lunch table……Why? Why? Why?

  • WimbleWimble

    Qatar got caught trying to bribe ecuador to lose their first game.

    They’ve offered shitty bribes to every team they think they may play against.

    Not every team has openly condemned the bribery attempt, meaning at least a few teams WILL deliberately lose against Qatar if put up against them.

    So basically the entire competition, its already been decided who will win what and where.

  • M4yham17

    So why is fifa corrupt? Is this a new buzzword that people are using because we are bored or did something that hasn’t been going on since the dawn of time happen

  • wolfie379

    FIFA is not only corrupt, they’re stupid. They should have, in the background, conducted negotiations with “soccer heavy” countries that already have facilities to see if they could handle a “pop-up”. Qatar announces a couple days before the start that a major sponsor won’t be allowed to sell their product? FIFA counters by announcing that the 2022 World Cup will be held in Country X in the summer of 2023, rather than in Qatar.

    Having a “contingent host” that can handle things on short notice is just good sense – what would they have done if a meteor had destroyed the stadium?

    As for the last-minute ban on the sale of Kosher food and Jewish prayers in public, FIFA should have countered with a package deal: on the event site, either religiously-certified food for all faiths is permitted to be sold, and public prayers of all faiths are permitted, or no religiously certified food for any faith will be sold, and no public prayers for any faith will be permitted.

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