2015 - 2016 Football Thread - Page 167

On October 29 2015 06:45 Sermokala wrote:
Theres the example of when the world rugby federation used the lure of South africa hosting the world rugly cup to ease the transition away from apartheid and banning them from the international game if they didn't. But to compare the 2 you have to be fucking nuts.

There is actively slave labor going on in quatar were people are dieing every day to build stadiums that will never be used the day the games end. The combined seating for the world cup games will exceed the national population. The top flight average attendance is less then 4 thousand. The weather in quatar is terrible for half the world and bad for the rest of it.

USA/mexico should be geting every third world cup because of how much television money pours into FIFA beacuse of them. and another third should be in Europe because thats where the pros all play. Thats not euro centrisim or western centrism thats a basic fact about the world of football.

Slavery and coruption are the basic things that make things shitty and the essence of what you should not like.

On October 29 2015 07:01 sharkie wrote:
It's been pretty clear that Platini and UEFA has been the main reason for qatar, that's no new knowledge.
Only uefa fanboys would claim otherwise, most big clubs are best buddies with qatar (Bayern comes to my mind)

On October 29 2015 06:45 Sermokala wrote:
Theres the example of when the world rugby federation used the lure of South africa hosting the world rugly cup to ease the transition away from apartheid and banning them from the international game if they didn't. But to compare the 2 you have to be fucking nuts.

There is actively slave labor going on in quatar were people are dieing every day to build stadiums that will never be used the day the games end. The combined seating for the world cup games will exceed the national population. The top flight average attendance is less then 4 thousand. The weather in quatar is terrible for half the world and bad for the rest of it.

USA/mexico should be geting every third world cup because of how much television money pours into FIFA beacuse of them. and another third should be in Europe because thats where the pros all play. Thats not euro centrisim or western centrism thats a basic fact about the world of football.

Slavery and coruption are the basic things that make things shitty and the essence of what you should not like.

A leading figure behind England’s 2018 World Cup bid has described Sepp Blatter’s statement that the tournament was always destined for Russia as an “absolute scandal”.

Simon Johnson, the campaign’s chief operating officer, believes the Football Association should take legal action against Fifa to recover the costs of a bid it was never going to win.

Johnson is appalled by the claims from Blatter, the suspended Fifa president, that it was agreed before the vote in 2010 to host the World Cup in Russia.

“It’s an absolute scandal,” Johnson said. “I no longer work for the FA but I personally think they should bring an action to recover the costs of a bidding process which was neither fair nor transparent and we’ve now discovered was rigged.

“I think the FA has an obligation to bring an action against Fifa to recover not just their own costs but those incurred by the 12 host cities who were part of the bid, our sponsors, contractors and the government.

“The FA entered into a contract with Fifa to run a bid in accordance with certain rules – each bidder had to sign a bidding agreement – and, in my view, that contract has been invalidated. Fifa didn’t keep their side of the bargain. I think the bid’s sponsors are entitled to say to the FA: ‘You have a duty to recover the money we’ve spent.’”

On October 30 2015 07:20 fbs wrote:
Neither Russia or Qatar should have got WC. The WC should not be awarded to Russia because of what they are doing/have done in Ukraine and their attitude to human rights and homosexuals. The amount of racism in Russian football is well known, just ask Hulk. Nobody needs further explanation on Qatar, there isn't a single good reason for the WC going there. I don't think any nation should get it more than once every 40 years and especially not a non football nation like USA. 2018 should be England. 2022 should be Australia. After these two countries then it can go back to the Americas.

Less than three months after Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal committed to spend about $950 million to air English Premier League soccer games in the U.S., the deal is starting to look like a rare commodity in the hot market for sports rights: a bargain.

In August, when the media company announced the new deal, which extends an earlier partnership and spans the 2016-17 season through 2021-22, NBC Sports Chairman Mark Lazarus predicted the company wouldn’t make money on the transaction, positioning it more as a loss-leader that would support the broader NBC sports portfolio.

But as the U.S. audience for the Premier League surges, he already is hedging those comments, saying in a recent interview: “We won’t make money at the beginning.” Premier League matches are just about the only major sports property in the U.S. showing any significant long-term growth in a splintering media environment in which executives declare victory when audience sizes remain flat or dip only slightly.

NBCUniversal, which has owned Premier League rights since 2013, outbid 21st Century Fox Inc. and BeInSports—a spinoff of Qatar’s Al Jazeera Media Network—in the most recent Premier League bidding.

On October 31 2015 00:35 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
Was it me that posted the most valuable clubs in the world a few months back and there were two MLS clubs that were worth over several hundred million dollars, even more than a few EPL teams? Not to mention the ratings have skyrocketed since NBC bought the rights to air games in the states. SO much so it is actually easier in some parts of the UK to just air NBC in pubs so the games can be shown and to avoid blackouts at certain times

Not to mention our infrastructure we could just showcase games in College stadiums some can fit over 100k. Don't believe me look at earlier this year the Real Madrid versus Utd(?) game, think the attendance was over 100k....


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On October 30 2015 22:55 Eliezar wrote:
He's falling back on an outdated saying that is 20 years outdated.

On October 30 2015 10:02 Rebs wrote:


The US is probably one of the best places you can host a tournament. How is the US a non football nation anymore than Australia ?

Do you know how little a shit Aussies give about football over Rugby and Aussie rules, possibly even cricket (but only when England is the opponent).

Not saying England shouldnt get it (I think they should) but the reasons would be quite different.

On October 31 2015 03:13 fbs wrote:

My point was I don't think any nation should get it more than once every 40 years and especially not a non football nation like USA. Aus has never had it so deserves it more.