FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Face Extradition to U.S

Post by austenallred » Wed, May 27, 2015, 3:09 PM UTC

notsony wrote: post #120

petepete wrote: post #32

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It'll be the top post ever in /r/soccer in no time, it's already fourth and was only submitted four hours ago. I truly hope that Blatter is ousted, the Qatar decision is reversed and given to a nation that with a less-appalling human rights record and some actual interest in football. I can't name a single Qatari club or player and know nothing of their league (other than Gabriel Batistuta played there for a year at…

Hey everybody, look at FIFA over there! Clinton Foundation Donors Got Weapons Deals From Hillary Clinton's State Department (26 May 2015) Under Clinton's leadership, the State Department approved $165 billion worth of commercial arms sales to 20 nations whose governments have given money to the Clinton Foundation... nearly double the value of American arms sales made to the those countries and approved by the State D…

Post by nissehulth » Wed, May 27, 2015, 3:13 PM UTC

Ntrails wrote: post #110

xasos wrote: post #94

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Yep, its really sad. It also applies for events like the Olympics, where infrastructure improvements are mandatory, and costs far outweigh any profit they may receive.

Counterpoint - the infrastructure stays around. The stadiums get used and re-used, transport improvements benefit locals in perpetuity, tourism/trade brings in money to the economy, not to mention there are general "morale" reasons to host. These are not profit making events to host, or at least they ought not to be. The benefits are varied and certainly not trivially reducible to profit/loss on the event itself.

Post by notsony » Wed, May 27, 2015, 3:17 PM UTC

austenallred wrote: post #121

notsony wrote: post #120

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Hey everybody, look at FIFA over there! Clinton Foundation Donors Got Weapons Deals From Hillary Clinton's State Department (26 May 2015) Under Clinton's leadership, the State Department approved $165 billion worth of commercial arms sales to 20 nations whose governments have given money to the Clinton Foundation... nearly double the value of American arms sales made to the those countries and approved by the State D…

Turns out crimes aren't mutually exclusive. Not sure that prosecuting a crime is a "false flag" either.

Post by jmngomes » Wed, May 27, 2015, 3:19 PM UTC

iaskwhy wrote: post #105

xasos wrote: post #94

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Yep, its really sad. It also applies for events like the Olympics, where infrastructure improvements are mandatory, and costs far outweigh any profit they may receive.

Which is why I support all these competitions to follow Euro 2020's idea: 13 cities in 13 countries. This one, the costs per nation are much lower and we stop seeing nations building new huge stadiums which are then completely empty and unused most of the time (like some of those built in Portugal in 2004).

Post by Bud » Wed, May 27, 2015, 3:23 PM UTC

Ntrails wrote: post #110

xasos wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep, its really sad. It also applies for events like the Olympics, where infrastructure improvements are mandatory, and costs far outweigh any profit they may receive.

Counterpoint - the infrastructure stays around. The stadiums get used and re-used, transport improvements benefit locals in perpetuity, tourism/trade brings in money to the economy, not to mention there are general "morale" reasons to host. These are not profit making events to host, or at least they ought not to be. The benefits are varied and certainly not trivially reducible to profit/loss on the event itself.