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[–] 88 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Doubtful. Embarassment requires feeling shame, and neither the givers nor the recipient of the FIFA "Peace Prize" are capable of that.

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    [–] 44 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)

    European teams should boycott the farce USA Soccer World Cup.

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  • [–] 23 points 9 months ago

    Whoever thought of the idea in the first place should be embarrassed.

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  • [–] 22 points 9 months ago

    Growing?

    I'd say that was 100% embarrassing right from the moment they did it. Never have I seen such blatant corruption on display and all those involved at Fifa should be jailed

    Meh, the entire Fifa top should be jailed anyway because Fifa is corruption come to life, but here we are

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  • [–] 19 points 9 months ago

    You need to work pretty hard to make FIFA embarrassed about anything.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago

    If this meaningless prize broke the camel's back ...
    Just wait til these managers hear what FIFA actually did and responsible for.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago

    Did FIFA sneak up on its (corporate decision making) self, have meetings, agree and implement a cunning plan, with structured publicity, and not tell itself until now?

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago

    Growing? Haha, it was already the Mount Everest of embarrassment to start with, how could it grow. Corrupt boot licking fools.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    Professional sports is a racket anyway though right? Billionaire owners and their playboys? No thanks, not interested in their idea of sport, entertainment, and even more so, their leadership.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    As my wife is fond of saying, professional sports has far too much money involved to leave the results up to the athletes.

    Not always true, I'm sure, but not always far from the truth.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago
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    [–] 277 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    FIFA execs can feel embarassment? I don't buy it

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  • [–] 173 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    How are they just now getting embarrassed?

    They presented a fucking 'peace' prize to a fascistic dictator and convicted rapist. They're a fucking laughing stock right alongside the orange degenerate.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago

    Yeah, the article sounds like it was written by the Onion.

    Are they concerned that Trump is diminishing the credibility of the award? The one they invented to transparently flatter the things of this exact, specific egomaniacal madman?

    Sure Jan.

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  • [–] 89 points 9 months ago

    Please. FIFA will suck whatever dick it has to.

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  • [–] 54 points 9 months ago* (10 children)

    These and the Olympics are going to be like the 1936 Olympics, but like a farcical tragicomedy.

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  • [–] 26 points 9 months ago (8 children)

    Boycott.
    And that's coming from an Australian.

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    I'm too poor to afford a ticket. But I can always not even watch the games :D

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    Even better, watch the games and compile a list of all the sponsors buying a commercial during the games. Then publish and boycott.

    That's what we did with Berlusconi's TV channels.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Good stuff, use ad exposure against them, haha.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Here is the basic starting list:

    1. FIFA Partners (top-tier; cover FIFA competitions including FIFA World Cup 26™)
    • Visa

    • adidas

    • The Coca-Cola Company

    • Qatar Airways

    • Aramco

    • Hyundai & Kia

    • Lenovo

    1. FIFA World Cup 26™ Official Sponsors (tournament-specific “Official Sponsor” deals FIFA has announced)
    • Bank of America (Official Bank Sponsor)

    • Hisense (Official Sponsor)

    • Lay’s (Official Sponsor)

    • McDonald’s

    • Mengniu

    • Verizon (Official Telecommunication Services Sponsor)

    • AB InBev / Budweiser (official World Cup beer through 2026)

    • Unilever (FIFA partnership explicitly includes FIFA World Cup 2026)

    1. FIFA World Cup 26™ Official Supporters / Official Providers / Official Suppliers (as announced by FIFA)
    • Airbnb (Official Supporter for FIFA World Cup 26™ in North America)

    • The Home Depot (Official Home Improvement Retail Supporter in North America)

    • Diageo (Official Spirits Supporter in North, Central and South America)

    • Rock-it Cargo (Official Logistics Provider; also noted as a Tournament Supporter)

    • Valvoline Global (Official Supporter)

    • On Location (Official Hospitality Provider)

    • American Airlines (Official North American Airline Supplier)

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  • [–] 49 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Where was the "embarrassment" when they had the world cup in Russia in 2018 and when they had it in Qatar? Ultimately embarrassment ought to result in action but I'm not sure it will here.

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  • [–] 42 points 9 months ago

    Just like when it was the Qatar World Cup, I refuse to watch it or talk about it.

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  • [–] 26 points 9 months ago (9 children)

    FIFA are giving peace prizes? Why? Their sense of importance is astounding. They need to get back to grassroots.

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  • [–] 39 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    It's just bribery. Give Trump something shiny and expensive with "Trump is great" written on it and he'll treat you favorably.

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Fifa want trump to change "soccer" to "football" and trump wanted a peace prize.

    So FIFA made up a peace prize and gave it to trump.

    And for like an afternoon trump rambled about how football should mean the same in America as everywhere else. But his followers didn't latch on to it because no one in maga gives a fuck about soccer.

    Fifa gained nothing, and made people hate them even more. I really don't know why Europe doesn't just make their own. FIFA has been corrupt and holding the sport back for decades.

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  • [–] 44 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Boycott the World Cup, boycott the Olympics, boycott America.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Annual? Did fifa actually give these out before? I thought this was special just for Trump.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago*

    Yeah, that actually changes things. Not a lot, but very slightly. Like, whatever unit is smaller than a Planck length.

    Edit: it's an "annual" prize, but Trump got the first one. I would be surprised if there was another, but maybe he'll win that one too.

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  • [–] 20 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Hard to imagine FIFA being capable of embarrassment.

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago

    They can't go any lower than this in their effort to appease a megalomaniac.

    If they were so worried about world peace they should have barred the Israeli football clubs from participating in any international tournaments.

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago*

    Stop giving peace prizes to American heads of state and their cabinets, it has never gone well. Henry Kissinger has a nobel one.

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago

    Bullshit. Those fucks are incapable of shame.

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago

    Are they afraid their fake award is going to lose credibility because they gave it to the person they made it up for and he doesn’t deserve it?

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago

    It was never not embarrassing.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Who could have possibly seen bad behaviors coming from him...

    Sounds like an org that just follows whatever they perceive as the popular thing. Little donnie has been sinking for a while where even the most fervent base is cheering for him with a half-hearted smile while looking around for support.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Also sounds like an org that wants its event, which depends on visas for its players to happen at all and on visas for its fans to be a commercial success, to get special treatment from the Orange Menace.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    I'm sure FIFA is "really embarrassed". They're so sad they started using $20 bills to dry their tears.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    imagine caring at all about rich people and their fake prizes

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    FIFA should take their peace prize and shove it. I hope they lose a lot of money on this year's world cup.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    Oh so there is a line after all?

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    Ah yess, the famous football player. Shoot five Hattricks in one game.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    My first thought when reading the title was that he could also claim the Fifa World Cup Trophy. It was meant to be a joke, but now I am not so sure that it won't happen :-)

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    They really do look like massive dorks now.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    There nominative determination could've clued them in.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Surely that ship has sailed a while back.

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