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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2014 14:30:07 GMT
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Post by archwaygas on Jun 1, 2014 15:45:55 GMT
Should take it off them and give it to a country that needs little preparation or construction, like USA, Japan, England. Preferably England  |
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Post by brizzle on Jun 1, 2014 19:04:11 GMT
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Post by lostinspace on Jun 1, 2014 20:43:44 GMT
my guess is that a rather beligerant president may become rather ill and will have to step down from his office "due to ill health" and somehow a certain frenchman may not realise his dream of becoming headhoncho of FIFA and all it's trappings it brings
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2014 11:23:02 GMT
www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/01/qatar-2022-world-cup-allegations-fifa-revote?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2
Senior Fifa figures are for the first time seriously considering the ramifications of ordering a rerun of the vote for the right to stage the 2022 World Cup, in the aftermath of new corruption allegations against the hosts, Qatar.
While awaiting the results of a semi-independent inquiry into the 2018 and 2022 bidding races, senior football figures heading for the 2014 tournament in Brazil are understood to be considering their response if the report recommends a new vote in light of new claims based on hundreds of millions of leaked emails and documents.
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Post by PessimistGas on Jun 2, 2014 11:30:09 GMT
The rising death toll of migrant workers is a bigger scandal. FIFA is a cesspit of corruption and crookedness.
The whole thing stinks to high heaven and always has done. Take the WC from Qatar and award it to Australia, where it should have gone in the first place.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2014 11:40:24 GMT
The rising death toll of migrant workers is a bigger scandal. FIFA is a cesspit of corruption and crookedness.
The whole thing stinks to high heaven and always has done. Take the WC from Qatar and award it to Australia, where it should have gone in the first place.
I couldn't agree more with you pess.
The kafala system means that the 1.2 million foreign workers currently in Qatar are treated as bonded labour. Workers even need the employers permission to leave the country. It's slavery in so many words.
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Post by basel on Jun 2, 2014 12:01:48 GMT
The rising death toll of migrant workers is a bigger scandal. FIFA is a cesspit of corruption and crookedness.
The whole thing stinks to high heaven and always has done. Take the WC from Qatar and award it to Australia, where it should have gone in the first place.
I couldn't agree more with you pess.
The kafala system means that the 1.2 million foreign workers currently in Qatar are treated as bonded labour. Workers even need the employers permission to leave the country. It's slavery in so many words.
I think it was some representatives from the Scottish FA that highlighted the disgusting way the workers/slaves are treated in Qatar. I hope the World Cup is taken away from Qatar. |
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Post by basel on Jun 2, 2014 12:16:08 GMT
Apparently Australia have an eye on the investigation and if Qatar are found guilty and lose the competition Oz want it.
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Post by zfc on Jun 2, 2014 18:19:45 GMT
Australia should have been awarded it in the first place as their bid was the best.
If the World Cup is taken away from Qatar then surely Platinis position in FIFA and UEFA becomes untenable as he is the only delegate with voting rights to openly admit he voted for Qatar.
I expect the Swiss Francs he received are untraceable.
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Post by The Man from Del Monte on Jun 2, 2014 20:55:02 GMT
Australia would be the perfect destination for the World Cup in 2022. I hope they get it.
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Post by Big Dave on Jun 3, 2014 0:14:56 GMT
I'm just surprised it's taken so long for FIFA to 'catch up' with the IOC.
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Post by Geelong Gas on Jun 3, 2014 1:33:27 GMT
Can't see why it should go to Australia...after all they openly paid the well known crook Hargatay millions of dollars for his 'networking' skills. It is not as though the Aussie bid was squeaky clean. I don't think it would go down too well here with major budget cutbacks in goverment as well. This is quite a good article on why Australia shouldn't put up its hand: Article |
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Post by Bridgeman on Jun 3, 2014 2:51:38 GMT
Can't see why it should go to Australia...after all they openly paid the well known crook Hargatay millions of dollars for his 'networking' skills. It is not as though the Aussie bid was squeaky clean. I don't think it would go down too well here with major budget cutbacks in goverment as well. This is quite a good article on why Australia shouldn't put up its hand: ArticleDon't begrudge us Poms our generosity, we want you to have it, so you can hear our National Anthem played more often to annoy the crap out of you :england: |
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Post by Geelong Gas on Jun 5, 2014 1:02:23 GMT
Can't see why it should go to Australia...after all they openly paid the well known crook Hargatay millions of dollars for his 'networking' skills. It is not as though the Aussie bid was squeaky clean. I don't think it would go down too well here with major budget cutbacks in goverment as well. This is quite a good article on why Australia shouldn't put up its hand: ArticleDon't begrudge us Poms our generosity, we want you to have it, so you can hear our National Anthem played more often to annoy the crap out of you :england: I'm still a Pom (for the minute anway). I think it shows just how sordid the whole World Cup bidding process that supposed 'underdogs' such as Australia still resorted to barely legit practices. |
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Post by JeffNZ on Jun 8, 2014 10:12:37 GMT
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Post by bilko on Jun 8, 2014 13:02:49 GMT
Does anyone think it will calm down after this tournament though ?.Qatar will sue FIFA for every last penny they own if it's taken off them , can't see it happening personally.
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Post by PessimistGas on Jun 9, 2014 10:42:21 GMT
Does anyone think it will calm down after this tournament though ?.Qatar will sue FIFA for every last penny they own if it's taken off them , can't see it happening personally. Qatar will not have recourse to any legal action as it signed away it's right to do so when it made its original tender. |
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Post by bilko on Jun 9, 2014 11:21:54 GMT
That's something I didn't know,then I guess it is possible then,just wonder if it's only big news where we are,we have not had the best relationship with FIFA recently,are we being bitter........
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Post by PessimistGas on Jun 9, 2014 11:55:23 GMT
That's something I didn't know,then I guess it is possible then,just wonder if it's only big news where we are,we have not had the best relationship with FIFA recently,are we being bitter........ That is my only concern - that it appears to be a huge story in this country and nowhere else.
That said, Qatar is a completely unsuitable and unworkable as a venue to hold a World Cup and so it will have to be changed, if not now then further along the line. It won't happen.
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