...and if anyone is naive enough to think that corruption is only at the very top level of football (ie. FIFA or the World Cup) then they’re extremely delusional.
Football is corrupt to the core and absolutely no one cares about us as fans, and no one actually cares about sporting integrity. Any decision taken is all for personal gain; financially or otherwise.
Would the odd bit of punctuation kill you?Fat cats taking bribes never but nothing will happen the more money you have the more you get away with look at the wee fcuker Bernie Ecclestone accused of bribery in Germany and does he go to trial no gives them £100 million to settle a bribery charge
Rotten to the core
...and if anyone is naive enough to think that corruption is only at the very top level of football (ie. FIFA or the World Cup) then they’re extremely delusional.
Football is corrupt to the core and absolutely no one cares about us as fans, and no one actually cares about sporting integrity. Any decision taken is all for personal gain; financially or otherwise.
More correctly, it is probably because they do not offer enough bribes.I’ve always thought that England never get it because they’re more difficult to bribe
I do apologize I'll remember in future to use correct grammarWould the odd bit of punctuation kill you?
Tough to decipher what you are saying.
Your spot on. The heat made Qatar a total non starter. The fact they pushed it through might well have been the factor that brought greater scrutiny on them. They got too arrogant thinking they could act with impunity, but that one decision was so indefensible it exposed their corruption for the world to see.Agreed. Only confirms what everyone already knew. The whole Qatar thing was just blatant though. Theres no way in the interests of football should they have got it. It was obviously in the interests of a few bank balances, that decisions were made for it to go to there.
Russia arguably deserved the tournament, if the criteria is football. Qatar is just a nonsense and obviously bribes were paid. I'm not sure how they thought such a decision wouldn't be scrutinised.
Russia arguably deserved the tournament, if the criteria is football. Qatar is just a nonsense and obviously bribes were paid. I'm not sure how they thought such a decision wouldn't be scrutinised.
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Nail on the head. It shows the absolute arrogance of FIFA to think there would not be questions asked about playing the tournament a) in a non-footballing country and b) in a country with such an oppressively hot and humid climate totally unsuitable for the game.
Started with de Havelange who took over FIFA with an empty biscuit tin. Then Sepp Blatter continued the corruption. There is a book about the corruption of de Havelange. It also mentions a mysterious person pulling de Havelange's strings in the background. He was never caught but the book suggests strongly that it was Sepp Blatter I think de Havelange did a prison sentence for corruption.
One of the reasons I simply no longer care for it, as a sport. It’s bent....and if anyone is naive enough to think that corruption is only at the very top level of football (ie. FIFA or the World Cup) then they’re extremely delusional.
Football is corrupt to the core and absolutely no one cares about us as fans, and no one actually cares about sporting integrity. Any decision taken is all for personal gain; financially or otherwise.
Evening all.
The name of the game,unfortunately
A thoghourly dislikable person. When Trinidad qualified for the world cup he personally received all their tickets. They could only be purchased through his sons travel agency as part of a package. I was working in Trini at the time. I sincerely hope this prick gets time.
FA Chief Greg Dyke handed back the very expensive watch he was given by the Russians, 3 years later, he’d “forgotten” about it, and his memory only returned when Journos started asking about it.Fat cats taking bribes never but nothing will happen the more money you have the more you get away with look at the wee fcuker Bernie Ecclestone accused of bribery in Germany and does he go to trial no gives them £100 million to settle a bribery charge
He also got huge amounts of money to build pitches throughout the Caribbean, he built one, in his hometown, the rest of the money disappeared.A thoghourly dislikable person. When Trinidad qualified for the world cup he personally received all their tickets. They could only be purchased through his sons travel agency as part of a package. I was working in Trini at the time. I sincerely hope this prick gets time.
Probably told the Russians the watch was a nice sweetener for the deal but cash is kingFA Chief Greg Dyke handed back the very expensive watch he was given by the Russians, 3 years later, he’d “forgotten” about it, and his memory only returned when Journos started asking about it.
I used to love football.As soon as Qatar got it the hole world thought fix.