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To: gusty

The chief supporters of FIFA to stay in the bribe-mess....are Latin America as a whole, Russia, the Qatar folks, and Africa.

Presently, the Qatar episode revolving around 2022 is what really gets Europeans frustrated and angry. They look at the deaths of construction workers in Qatar and just shake their heads. Then they look back at the promise of FIFA...the 2022 games would be on a summer schedule (as all World Cup games have been). Well....that’s now been tossed and it’ll be played from the middle of November to the 3rd week of December. None of the European clubs have been happy over that and they wanted FIFA to cough up pay-back money to each club for screwing up the schedule.

If you ask me...Blatter won’t be around in six months, and FIFA might not exist within year. The odds of the Russia games in 2018 happening? I’d put at 50-50 at best now.


5 posted on 05/29/2015 9:17:36 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: pepsionice

https://worldsoccertalk.com/2015/05/28/is-it-time-for-uefa-to-take-the-nuclear-option-and-split-from-fifa-by-simon-evans/

This is an atlas shrugged scenario in real life. :-)


7 posted on 05/29/2015 9:42:18 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084 (I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer to drink a bunch of them. Stay thirsty my FRiends)
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