Qatar Bribe the 2022 World Cup Bid

[Magma]

uefa have told blatter not to stand for re-election

corrupt and idiotic organisation tells idiotic, corrupt leader that he may be corrupt and idiotic.

 

[Dirty Bird]

CBF making new thread and this is probably the most relevant thread (for the ending)

 

[BILC]

Would be even more relevant had it not been posted on the last page.

 

[Aussie in exile]

I remain hopeful that the 2022 world cup will come to Australia. What a boost that would be for sport in Australia.
If the 2022 world doesn't come here i would think that we would have a more than even chance of holding the 2026 here.
Its only a matter of time before the world cup comes here. The sooner the better i think we would all agree.

 

[Cruyff14]

20226 is a very long time away, let's not get too ahead of ourselves.

 

[Redalert]

20226 is a very long time away, let's not get too ahead of ourselves.

You may want to edit that....

 

[Cruyff14]

You may want to edit that....

Read his post.

 

[Redalert]

Read his post.

I stand corrected.

 

[Aussie in exile]

20226 is a very long time away, let's not get too ahead of ourselves.

My mistake. Edit that to 2026. Anyway lets all hope that the world cup comes here soon

 

[Zidane98]

20226 is a very long time away, let's not get too ahead of ourselves.

I'd like to think we would have won a couple of EPL titles by then

 

[Dirty Bird]

I'd like to think we would have won a couple of EPL titles by then

If some of my recent FM saves are anything to go by, there's better chances of you winning the Championship within the next 10 years than the Premeir League

 

[Dont be a lemon]

I'm sick of World Cups going to countries with dodgy regimes, i'd rather one in a stable country where I can actually go without fearing s**t will happen

Brazil and Russia are democracies (albeit the later is very compromised).

 

[Cooldude]

Brazil and Russia are democracies (albeit the later is very compromised).

Russia's as much a democracy as FIFA is a non-profit organisation (which they did refer themselves as)

Corruption is rift everywhere in Brazil, it's actually ridiculous

 

[ioppolo]

Wait, why do people want the 2018 WC taken off Russia?

 

[Cruyff14]

Because their country is full of racists.

 

[ioppolo]

Because their country is full of racists.

So is Australia. So is everywhere in the world.

 

[Cruyff14]

So is Australia. So is everywhere in the world.

If you're seriously unaware of the circumstances in Russia and how black people are treated there, you should do some research.

 

[Cooldude]

Well they just held the winter Olympics (in a bloody hot place) there, and it sorta went okay (except for the poisonous tap water in the motels). Putin is smart enough to know how to airbrush things when the whole world's watching

He'd still be in power by then you'd think

 

[raptalia]

Getting back to the Qatar situation...

Listening to the BBC, the consensus is that the investigation into the 2022 bid will be yet another whitewash. But let us suppose it isn't and corruption in the bidding process is uncovered. The Australian Government could seriously consider an action to recover the many millions of taxpayer dollars that went into supporting a bid that was never going to succeed. An action against FIFA in the International Court might succeed.

One thing is for sure the Australian Government must never again commit taxpayer money to supporting World Cup bids while Blatter is running FIFA and unless there is ample evidence that FIFA has reformed. The World Cup bidding process has changed as in future all member nations will have a vote not simply twenty or so delegates. That does not mean there will not still be collusion and under the table payments and it may mean that the corruption occurs on a much wider scale. Perhaps FIFA should also limit the amount that countries can spend on their World Cup campaigns could also be considered? The proof will be seen in future bids but in the meantime Australia should stay well away from World Cup bids.

I cannot profess to being a red hot soccer fan but I am a taxpayer and I am pissed off at this whole deal. If a country with a population of 400,000, no existing facilities and a day temperature of 40C+ had won on it's merits I would not be pissed off but it didn't and we, the Australian public, were taken for a ride.

 

[Running Dog]

I remain hopeful that the 2022 world cup will come to Australia. What a boost that would be for sport in Australia. If the 2022 world doesn't come here i would think that we would have a more than even chance of holding the 2026 here. Its only a matter of time before the world cup comes here. The sooner the better i think we would all agree.

I agree, and a World Cup in Australia would be good for soccer because of the potential for the game to grow in East Asia- the games would be broadcast into a potentially huge market in the same time zone (or not far behind). However I think host countries are selected in accordance with a rotation policy between Confederations, which prevents two consecutive tournaments in the same Confederation. A successful Australian bid would have to accord with that policy.

 

[Warsaw]

Committee member says "personally" doesn't think Qatar will host the WC. Doesn't actually mean that's been decided.

http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL3N0RN33T20140922

 

[happy_eagle]

Weather, Corruption, Instability - take your pick, all are valid reasons FIFA should have the right to strip Qatar

 

[Magma]

too bad corruption is also why fifa exists.

 

[Slax]

Committee member says "personally" doesn't think Qatar will host the WC. Doesn't actually mean that's been decided.

http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL3N0RN33T20140922

There have been rumours for some time that it would be transferred to the USA, they have the infrastructure already and don't need to build a single stadium as they have an abundance of NFL and College fields for American Football which are perfect for a world cup as they hold 60,000+ and the demision are similiar (gridiron is slightly longer, whilst pitch is slightly narrower they have a massive sideline area for the teams which more than compensates). Any transfer of the WC there would only require some minimal effort in planning the logistics of it and nothing else.

 

[Cooldude]

too bad corruption is also why fifa exists.

What? How dare you