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‘Cancel your tickets’: Calls grow to boycott US-hosted FIFA World Cup over Trump admin (www.rawstory.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/boycottus@lemmy.ca
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[–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

If FIFA weren’t so incredibly corrupt...

But as we both know, they are. Probably the most corrupt sporting organization on the planet.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    There are probably boxing or MMA organizations that are more corrupt. But FIFA easily beats them in scale and the amount of money sloshing around.

    Incidentally, for all the shitty things that the US has done, and all the contempt Americans tend to show towards football / soccer, the one thing you have to admire is that they were the ones to try to actually take on FIFA corruption a while back. They didn't have much long-term impact, but no other country has done anything, so it was still impressive.

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