TrentVilla Posted June 1, 2014 Moderator Share Posted June 1, 2014 Do you reckon the Russia 2018 vote was influenced by bribery and corruption as well? Does Putin shit in the Ukraine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Surely moving the games will also cause some kind of hang over for the following season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 A winter wc would arguably disrupt the season before, the season of the wc and the following season.... Way too much imo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Or we'd have a situation like rugby where the league carries on but the big players are taken away. Meaning a lot of smaller teams have a chance to make ground on the top teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Or we'd have a situation like rugby where the league carries on but the big players are taken away. Meaning a lot of smaller teams have a chance to make ground on the top teams. Cannot see that happening - the 'top' teams would have decimated squads, which could have serious repercussions on final table placings. I think we've just got to brace ourselves for three seasons of upheavel due to money grabbing and bribery - so much for it being the peoples game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 FIFA: For the good of the game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 The winter World Cup could easily be solved by the very sensible "Lego" system a bayern exec suggested, which the game should probably switch to anyway. However, this will never happen, and the part about winter is the smallest problem for this disaster of an idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 I honestly don't understand how people can so shamelessly lie and fill their own pockets to this degree and get away with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 I actually like the idea of having the WC in Middle East so I'd vote for that over Australia. However the corruption in FIFA really sickens me, bearing in mind the size of the sport there can't be many bigger organisations that get away with such blatant illegality. Qatar was a joke from day 1. So from me it's hell no to Qatar but I'd like to think there is a way to make it work in that part of the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstonMartin82 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Well, the fact that this topic has only had a handful of posts in what is probably the biggest corruption news out of FIFA in a number of years shows that there isn't enough furore for the necessary change to be made. The only way that a self regulated organisation such as FIFA will change is if the people force it. This means every football fan boycotting FIFA sponsors and of course the World Cup itself. Unfortunately the rest of the world only will see England kicking up a fuss as sour grapes to losing the vote. It's also depressing to know that Blatter's next in-line (Platini) is just as bad if not worse than the rest of them. There are many dark decades ahead for football and it actually makes me sick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Platini was a big Qatar supporter. Even blatter wasn't, loathe as I am to defend him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstonMartin82 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Not voting for Qatar doesn't make you less of a word removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 I'm not sure who I despise more between Platini and Blatter. Maybe I just despise them equally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 This is starting to look....promising. A revote just might happen, and we just might get a WC in Australia or the USA, we can hope, anyway. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwpzxjor1 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Several papers tomorrow reporting that England have been asked to host the 2018 WC and that 2022 is going to a re-vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MrDuck Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Apart from the intense heat, lack of basic rights for women and gays, the ban on alcohol and the numerous deaths in the stadia construction, is it only the alleged bribery that makes Qatar a poor choice? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 I think the biggest shock is that they could buy the World Cup for just $5m 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MrDuck Posted June 2, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2014 http://www.theshovel.com.au/2014/06/02/decision-to-award-2022-world-cup-to-qatar-rigged/ The football world has been shocked to learn that Qatar’s bid to secure the 2022 World Cup may have been the result of foul play. Football supporter John Bass summed up the feeling amongst fans. “Apart from having no stadiums, average daytime temperatures unsuitable for vigorous physical activity, a national side that has never qualified for the World Cup, and a population the size of Brisbane, I thought Qatar’s bid was pretty flawless. So these new reports suggesting that they needed to use bribery to get over the line do come as a real shock”. Perth man Sam Ashling said he was also caught off guard by the allegations. “Some things you just associate together. Brazil and beaches, England and cosy little pubs, Qatar and top flight football. It never occurred to me that money would need to change hands”. If the allegations are proven true, there is speculation that Qatar’s 2030 Winter Olympics bid may also be threatened. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 I don't mind Russia hosting the world cup that much, yes England would have been a better choice, but Russia hosting the world cup is the same as Ukraine and Poland hosting the Euros 2 years ago, and they were fine. But Qatar, don't even get me started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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