What other last min rule changes will FIFA bravely make to keep the last few payouts of those bribes going. Between Fox and AmBev they are already going to making significantly less money at 2026 because of concessions over Qatars World cup. <a href="https://adage.com/article/media/fifa-admist/309601" rel="nofollow">https://adage.com/article/media/fifa-admist/309601</a>
Must have been quite a lot to be worth it, and can’t wait to read about the sweetheart deal they give ambev to avoid lawsuits.
It's interesting that the good fight for LGBTQ+ is given up as soon as there is a place with actual LGBTQ+ repression and powerful resistance.<p>What then is this signalling for?
Maybe I just need anti-depressants, but how does everyone else just carry on with the absurd hypocrisy in the world?<p>Elon says he's going to tweak Twitter moderation from "ban" to "don't spread, but don't delete" for problematic posts. Reaction: American corporations publicly proclaim they're leaving the platform and cutting their advertisement budgets.<p>Qatar builds stadiums using slave labor, sends rape victims to jail, treats gay people as sub-human. Reaction: Carry on advertising and sponsorships as usual.<p>Maybe I'm misunderstanding the situation or maybe complying w/ Qatar now somehow eventually makes the world a better place in the future? Or if someone can just tell me Prozac/Adderall/Zoloft/something just makes this feel fine and lets you carry on, that'd work too.
Globalization means culture clash, even if one side looks the other way in the name of profit, it doesn't mean cultural hegemony has actually been achieved in either direction. Just a truce, and resentments fester.
All these organizations showing the real “global” values — greed, fame, profit. At least saying one thing and doing the other seems to be a truly universal thing.
Mostly because FIFA threatened with in-game actions (yellow card) and not fines or other penalties. Players would be punished by making the game easier to lose, which would give ther opponents an unfair advantage.<p>Disgusting behvarior by one of the most corrupted orgs around.
And yet the theme of the Opening Ceremony was "tolerance, respect and inclusivity. Actual dialogue:<p>"With tolerance and respect we can live together under one big home" [1]<p>[1] <a href="https://youtu.be/fy3jjN0D5iQ?t=99" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/fy3jjN0D5iQ?t=99</a>
It would be interesting to see the diplomatic efforts if players from one of the teams would go out drinking in public.<p>I guess we now see the true colors of FIFA, not withstanding the FIFA president who feels like a gay person.<p>Would be interesting to see him actually carry that out in public in Qatar.<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/19/fifa-gianni-infantino-world-cup-qatar" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/19/fifa-gianni...</a>