01-08-2011, 09:28 AM | #201 |
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dola- another factor is that when the game is in the summer kids are out of school. Everyone 17 and under can watch all the games during the week. Who will be home to watch games during the work/ school week?
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01-08-2011, 10:05 AM | #202 |
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How is the situation in the USA any different from the rest of the world? No matter where the WC is held, there will be parts of the world where people will be at work, asleep or doing other stuff (like watching 4 NFL football games over one weekend). Besides, FIFA cosiders itself bigger than everything else in the world and won't be too concerned about losing viewers from the USA if they can win them back elsewhere. And they'll probably stay away from Super Sunday.
Now, whether sponsors feel the same way is a different story. I'd suspect that some of the big ones prefer 10M viewers from the USA over 20M random Eastern European and 20M African viewers. Anyway, the key issue here is that the whole 'move to January' thing hasn't been part of the whole proces until after the tournament has been placed. That's where 100% of the soccer world will be influences and forced to change the normal schedules.
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http://www.arabianbusiness.com/qatar...rt-399028.html
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05-13-2011, 04:43 PM | #205 |
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Feel like they should re-vote and get it out of that sand-infested shithole.
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05-13-2011, 08:26 PM | #207 |
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Corruption in FIFA? I'm.... shocked?
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05-14-2011, 07:28 AM | #208 |
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05-14-2011, 11:26 AM | #209 |
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Boycott the WC if they don't.
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05-14-2011, 11:38 AM | #210 |
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At the same time, this will be regarded by FIFA as political infringement with soccer stuff, which to FIFA is worth a suspension for that national team.
And then there's the FIFA preseidency election in a week or two and a half.
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What I find puzzling about this is that only Blatter and the guy from Qatar are standing. Why does no one want the job? UEFA is even worse - only Platini is offering himself. I don't get it! So much power and no one wants it?
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11-08-2011, 12:44 PM | #214 |
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Looks like they are backing away from the ambitious air conditioning solution for the Qatar stadiums.
2022 World Cup -- Architect tells Qatar to ditch AC in stadiums - ESPN
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To this day, I mean, I get the 2018 World Cup. Maybe we don't all agree with it. Undoubtedly, Russia sent slightly larger bags of money than England to FIFA headquarters. But, I mean, everyone knows who Russia is- big place, (former) superpower, used in a lot of Bond films. It's really not that crazy.
But, Qatar?? This isn't the US beats the Soviet Union in 1980 upset. This is Jamaica beats the Soviet Union while fielding a team with only 4 players, one of which is John Candy SI
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Isn't AC nearly impossible to work on that scale with little humidity? I'm most excited about 2014 and the possible fallout when Argentina wins.
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Before we get too crazy, realize this is the architect saying it'd be "too expensive" to AC the stadiums. Qatar isn't exactly known as the most frugal of places.
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Know this thread is dated but didn't want to put this in the 2014 WC thread and derail the conversation.
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Does that video work for anybody else?
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Guessing ESPN pulled it off that site to put it on their own. Will keep an eye out for it again.
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From SI's Richard Deitsch:
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I honestly don't know if that makes the situation better or worse....
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It's a shame that the money got successfully laundered last week do he could say that now.
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05-16-2014, 08:08 PM | #233 |
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If only there was enough time to fix the mistake....
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I don't doubt it for a second.
Report: Qatar Bought World Cup With Over $5 Million In Secret Payments
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The fact that it's still going to go ahead in Qatar is ridiculous at this point.
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Bring it to the US. Infrastructure already in place.
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Well, I guess Mitt Romney is free as well .
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Sepp Blater says the corruption claims about the Qatar World Cup are motivated by racism:
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That's totally fair. I'm happy to admit that I'm prejudiced against old Swiss guys named Sepp Blatter. It may not be very 21st-century, of me, but frankly I'm just glad I got that off my chest.
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Organized slavery in the modern world.
Report: Qatar Using North Korean Slave Labor To Build For World Cup North Koreans working as ‘state-sponsored slaves’ in Qatar | Global development | The Guardian Quote:
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According to Deadspin, no changes in WC hosts, despite findings of corruption all over.
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Each time this thread is bumped, I put about a 0.01% chance on reading that the World Cup has been moved to another country. I know it's highly unlikely but it's still on the table
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And FIFA takes the lead from the IOC as the most corrupt sporting body around!!!
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