Posted on 10/11/2014 10:10:11 AM PDT by GonzoII
Organisers of next year's African Nations Cup have no intention of postponing the event even though hosts Morocco called for a delay of the finals because of fears over the Ebola virus.
However, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) said in a statement on Saturday it would meet the Moroccan government next month, sending a high-powered delegation to discuss the issue in Rabat led by its president Issa Hayatou.
The host nation's government made a shock announcement on Friday, saying it wanted the 16-team tournament from Jan. 17-Feb. 8 postponed following a report by its health ministry into the possible spread of the virus.
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At the least, those 3 countries should not go.
Sierra Leone and Liberia probably rarely go but Guinea is suppose to be pretty good.
I side with Morocco, they hold the AFCON, African Cup of Nations every 2 years. Why not shelve it during this time of emergency. Jan. and Feb. is predicted for when ebola is going to have a real high surge of cases.
At least the officials of the soccer confederation and the officials of Morocco are going to meet, Morocco should say no way.
Hopefully it will be a triple A cup, not a tripple D.
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
High Five! Poland 2 0 over the World Champs!
It was awesome, although, literally Poland had two attacks the entire second half, and scored on both.
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