I don’t see why bullshit attitudes in other countries mean we can’t work to improve attitudes in our own.All about the money
Totally pointless to have all of the equality campaigns and rainbow laces then have a world cup in Saudi....
But it does highlight the absolute hypocrisy of it all.I don’t see why bullshit attitudes in other countries mean we can’t work to improve attitudes in our own.
Sorry. Can you elaborate?You need to change the thread title mate...
And Oil. Countries need to make a decision to boycott immediately.All about the money
Totally pointless to have all of the equality campaigns and rainbow laces then have a world cup in Saudi....
Hope they've got good supply lines on concrete and other essentials new stadiums and a development running through it's middle,and labour wonder where that will come from, might get a bit difficult to achieve 1.5 M dwellings for the home market, then again can't see builder's rates dropping anytime soon!Its rigged. FIFA gave applicants 28 days to bid for the event. Australia therefore withdrew.
The stadiums in Saudi are not even built yet.
Just a ticket, not a box, imagine the comedown,that rarified air up there is to thin mate,oh bugger that's him done I've just realised it after two terms!🫣Captain Kier's just been out there strengthening relationships and sorting out his free tickets.
I think it makes campaigns for LGBT equality in the game more important than ever.But it does highlight the absolute hypocrisy of it all.
At the end of the day, money talks, and the games governing body will turn a blind eye to years of human rights abuses, if enough money is involved.
I am getting a bit peed off with it all now.
Any atrocities and human rights violations, in terms of anti women/anti gay, stances within a regime, seem to count for nothing.
Just about the money and only the money.
Awarding the WC used to be about growing the game in different parts of the world, hence it going to the US, Japan/South Korea, South Africa. The awards from Russia onwards have just openly been about ££££.Why single the criticism out for this? FIFA has been corrupt for as long as I can remember, it's always been about the money.
Fans, players, history, schedules, nah fek em .... but some of the LGBT community might not like this ...yeah let's protest.
Morocco is in AfricaLoad of shite. Particularly the fudging of the 2030 edition to make sure an Asian country could host again so soon after Qatar.
Morocco is in Africa
The World Cups in Japan/SK and the US weren’t about money?Awarding the WC used to be about growing the game in different parts of the world, hence it going to the US, Japan/South Korea, South Africa. The awards from Russia onwards have just openly been about ££££.
Thought for a long time Australia should have had it
Football was growing in popularity in those countries. Similarly it has been in Australia for a long time.The World Cups in Japan/SK and the US weren’t about money?
The uncomfortable reality is that if you genuinely want the World Cup to be staged in places where it will be “about growing the game in different parts of the world” then you have to accept that most other places (and certainly most other prospective hosts) don’t share the same values as the UK.
They haven't even built one of the host Cities yet!!!Its rigged. FIFA gave applicants 28 days to bid for the event. Australia therefore withdrew.
The stadiums in Saudi are not even built yet.
Football is growing in popularity in pretty much every country - what makes Australia so special?Football was growing in popularity in those countries. Similarly it has been in Australia for a long time.
Qatar demolished the stadia straight after the tournament. Not even a pretence of growing the game there.
What makes Saudi Arabia and Qatar so special?Football is growing in popularity in pretty much every country - what makes Australia so special?
There’s no need to pretend that the 1994 and 2002 tournaments were awarded for anything other than huge commercial interests in western-friendly economies. The issue today is that western economies like the US and Japan/SK subsequently went down the toilet a few years later and no longer see such a compelling case for return of investment in staging mega sporting events.
If you really want to stage the World Cup in a place that captures the growth in football’s popularity then surely you would hold it in sub-Saharan Africa or SE Asia.
The same thing that made the US and Japan special 20-30 years ago!What makes Saudi Arabia and Qatar so special?
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