#fifa corruption

[thepersynposts]

Thank you Belgium! You fixed the problem on your own in the best possible way.!

[mysharona1987]

[tbsdca]

THE COMMANDER IN THIEF DESTROYS EVERYTHING HE TOUCHES

[shewhowritesitall]

NOTHING WAS EVEN DONE WHEN THAT CUNT ELBOWED ELLIOT IN THE BLOODY NECK!

[milleniahunterevie]

Goodbye to the beautiful game

The international game I loved once is no more

A player gets sent off for a challenge which can be classed as endangering an opponent.

He is the star player of one of the three home nations.

The player is supposed to be banned for the next match in the knock-outs.

But suddenly, the Governing body announce that the players punishment is waived and he is free to play his next match.

Anger ensues, questions about whether the elected leader of the country has been involved start. Some people don’t believe it but then, he announces he spoke to FIFA and did get the ban overturned. Sounds like something out of Hitlers Germany doesn’t it?

But no, this is Trumps America in 2026.

I shouldn’t be surprised. This tournament has been controversial and horrifying all at once. The controversies have ranged from on pitch, poor VAR calls and referees clearly out of their depth; to off field. Teams from competing countries (mostly African and Middle Eastern) being treated like their staff are mere criminals.

Yet even with all this, I never imagined Donald Trump would deliberately get involved in the Governing body process and get a player reinstated all because he didn’t agree with the red card. A red card that was fully deserved and within the letter of the law.

Understandably, Belgium and Bosnia are furious. UEFA are calling out their international counterparts for going against the spirit of the game. Other countries are now questioning whether they can get their own players cards rescinded now FIFA have set a precedent.

And just like that, Donald Trumps actions have started the process of destroying the beautiful game I once loved. It can only be downhill from this moment on.

[art-for-art-sake-redux]

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[ferrarer17]

Keep talking Leah… hopefully the people we need to will listen.

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[worldofwardcraft]

The blood-soaked cup.

April 11,2022

Normally, WoW confines its opinions strictly to issues having to do with politics. But today finds us venturing into the world of sport. Recently, the US men's soccer team qualified for the World Cup, the quadrennial tournament that is the most-watched sporting event on the planet. And while we applaud their accomplishment, it must also be noted that the sponsor of this competition is a brazenly corrupt organization and the host country a horribly barbaric society.

Founded in 1904, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is the governing body of the world's most popular sport. But for years that organization has been a hotbed of unbridled corruption. In 2015, for example, fourteen of its directors were indicted in the US over alleged bribery, fraud and money laundering in connection with an estimated $150 million worth of media and marketing rights for FIFA games in the Americas. At the same time, ousted FIFA president Sepp Blatter and board member Michel Platini were charged with fraud by Swiss authorities over a bribe to ensure Blatter's reelection.

In 2010, FIFA announced that the 2018 World Cup would be played in Russia (a brutal dictatorship) and the Persian Gulf nation of Qatar (a brutal monarchy) would host it in 2022. But, as The New York Times reported, US Department of Justice investigators determined that money was paid (we don't know how much) "to five members of FIFA’s top board ahead of the 2010 vote to choose Russia and Qatar as hosts."

Beyond the bribery, Qatar was a problematic choice for several reasons. For one, its intense summer heat meant FIFA had to move the tournament to November. Further, the tiny nation (about twice the size of Delaware) had almost no existing infrastructure to support the games. Which is why the oil-rich country doled out a staggering $200 billion to build seven new stadiums, an airport, hotels, roads and a public transport systems.  

But, as The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre testified, all that construction led to human rights abuses against as many as 24,000 migrant workers from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka who toiled on those projects. In addition to unpaid wages and withheld benefits, these workers endured squalid accomodations and working conditions so unsafe as to cause the deaths of 50 workers and injuries to some 38,000 in 2021 alone, according to the International Labour Organization.

Amidst the hype and hoopla, the games and goals, we shouldn't forget that this year's soccer World Cup comes covered in sordid corruption and needless deaths.