• Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    I’m not sure what’s funnier, the whining of these self-entitled business associations, the corruption exacted by FIFA, or the fact that they spent so much time fighting over who gets to shake down football fans that the fans just got up and left.

    • MrMakabar@slrpnk.net
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      11 hours ago

      They basically just put US sports prices on football. Turns out non Americans are not willing to pay the price of a season ticket for a Champions League team to watch some smaller football nations play against each other.

      • Tiral@lemmy.world
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        9 hours ago

        Yeah, they’d rather go to an oppressive country that used slave labor to build the stadium. Viture signaling at it’s best.

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        9 hours ago

        Yeah, they’d rather go to an oppressive country that used slave labor to build the stadium. Viture signaling at it’s best.

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      15 hours ago

      And football fans love to be shakem down, dangle some new shirts or an “official ball” in front and they bite. Real accomplishment by fifa

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          14 hours ago

          Yep, it has all been well managed. May be Demented Don is happy with his Peace Prize though a project management prize for this schemozzle is unlikely.

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            12 hours ago

            From his perspective, this is a win. A successful world cup would force Americans, at least temporarily, to think about the world as more than just them.

            This keeps them isolated and ignorant.

            The frog in the well… Votes for oligarchs.