AussieSpurMan
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No they wont!
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The last two World Cups had a total attendance of over 3 million and that's not including attendances at the fan parks. The Qatar government is expecting 3.5 million to attend the tournament. A total attendance for the World Cup hasn't been below 2 million since 1978.
A summer World Cup wouldn't work but a winter one would. UEFA has already said it's open to a winter World Cup, the only organisations coming out and attacking the idea is the Premier League and the Bundesliga (the La Liga chief has backed a January World Cup). If FIFA stick to their guns and insist upon a winter World Cup the Premier League and Bundesliga would have to back down eventually as they won't want to make their league's superstar players (and especially players in their own national team) choose between a World Cup and the league season.
This investigation would allow FIFA to back out of the Qatar World Cup but that would mean FIFA executives being thrown under the bus and Blatter's not going to do that unless they are a threat to him (e.g. Bin Hammam). FIFA's executives have too much to lose to admit wrongdoing in awarding the World Cup to Qatar.
If FIFA admits the bidding process was corrupt organisations like the FA who really hate FIFA are going to attack and insist upon reforms which of course FIFA executives won't want as they like the bribery culture in the organisation. The only way I can see positive change in FIFA coming about is if the big European FA's band together and insist upon reforms.
I agree it's the best way to hurt FIFA but I doubt it could be pulled off. If 3.5 million people attend the Qatar World Cup they won't have much choice but to use FIFA's sponsors as the likes of Budweiser and McDonalds will be the only products available within stadiums and fan parks. Also, how many people in the UK are going to boycott McDonalds? We're the 28th fattest country in the world for a reason.
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beats1
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If you could find me one allegation than fair enough but Platini met the prince of Qatar and with the french president agreed a vote for Qatar would be great for France with PSG buying the presidents favourite club, hiring platini's son and making their new sports network based in France with a new TV deal for french clubs.
So again please tell me how blatter is worse than Michel
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How do you Boycott sponsors?
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You stop buying their products.
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don buy their products
beats1
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I dont buy their products but how do you stop other people from doing it. Most people who do buy the products probably dont follow football alot
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How do you stop other people all over the world stop buying their products?
A twitter/internet campaign but other than that, I cant see it happening
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would have to be a campaign to try and get people to stop. Would be very difficult to get done, and i dont think i have seen something like this work yet
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Exactly, its easy saying dont buy their but they dont care if some numpty who doesnt like fifa doesnt buy their products.
Also these products are everywhere like fast food places, clubs, bars and etc.
Its going to take hate campaign directed at certain sponsors for it to work like this but with fifa related deaths and it will need a face like someone died for people to take notice like trayvon martin and other cases
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Some of the technologies they are using to cool players down don't exist either
beats1
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What you on about the technology does existSome of the technologies they are using to cool players down don't exist either
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...-conditioned-jacket-Kuchofukus-cool-look.html
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Unless you are living in an alternate universe I think you will find that Vulcan is no longer in existence.
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This could ruin FIFA. I doubt it but it could.
If they re run the vote and Australia gets it, who are due and it would greatly energise a part of the globe to get serious about football (blatter dream) (( worked well in SA......))although personally I feel its too big an area for a wc. Much like Brazil and Marika. But that's an aside. Then Quataris would sue. Their lawyers would dig up all sorts of dodgy shit about Russia and other winners before and sue for losses over the binding contracts they signed with companies over building infrastructure. A lot of those companies are French and German owned. They wold also sue FIFA.
Were talking billions.
What might happen is FIFA might have to go bust.
I doubt it. They are pretty much untouchable.
At least the Indian caste system has one relevant meaning.
Every cloud.
If they re run the vote and Australia gets it, who are due and it would greatly energise a part of the globe to get serious about football (blatter dream) (( worked well in SA......))although personally I feel its too big an area for a wc. Much like Brazil and Marika. But that's an aside. Then Quataris would sue. Their lawyers would dig up all sorts of dodgy shit about Russia and other winners before and sue for losses over the binding contracts they signed with companies over building infrastructure. A lot of those companies are French and German owned. They wold also sue FIFA.
Were talking billions.
What might happen is FIFA might have to go bust.
I doubt it. They are pretty much untouchable.
At least the Indian caste system has one relevant meaning.
Every cloud.
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