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[-] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 21 points 2 weeks ago

Boycotted the Qatar WC, will probably skip the 2034 too. FIFA have really become shameless after Infantino took over. Not sure if anything will ever be done about it though.

[-] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 weeks ago

Same here, none of my money for that shit. But to be honest, FIFA have been shite forever. Just one example: they ran a worldcup in Argentina when it was ruled by a fascist junta that took power in a coup and tortured and killed lots of people. FIFA didn't care one bit then, why would they care now.

[-] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not old enough to remember that time, but during the Blatter era they at least pretended to care. Nowadays it feels like Infantino does whatever he want without a care.

[-] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago

I wanted to boycott the Qatar WC, but I still watched a few of my country's game. It's hard to miss this kind of events.

[-] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, no judgement on my part. I still watched the highlights that was posted on reddit, but didn't engage beyond that.

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, Scotland did me a favour by not qualifying, making it much easier to resist watching.

Presumably they had similar moral objections to the hosts of 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018... That must be it, right? 😞

[-] Lootboblin@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

We all saw this coming after Qatar. FIFA suits only care about money. Where’s 2038? North Korea? Iran? back to Russia?

[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

The 2038 WC to be hosted by Elon Musk. He will bully and pester MLS into using their biggest stadiums for free, keep exclusive streaming rights for Xitter, force all teams to use cyber trucks, and imprison the media in storage containers in the middle of the Texas wilderness, and constantly moan about how it's a terrible sport. But because he'll throw a shit load of money at FIFA, they will gleefully accept all terms.

[-] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Frankly, this isn't as bad as the deal with Qatar was

This probrably wouldn't be much of a discussion of those fuck heads didn't pick Qatar

2026 should've been Morocco

2030 is undecided yet

2034, those who stand out for me is Thailand, Indonesia, Oceania and Saudi Arabia but due to Australia seems like Arabia came first

This might mean that 2038 will be conducted in Australia

[-] Lootboblin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Not much of a discussion? Then you should do some research about Saudi Arabia’s human rights violations. Don’t let the sports washing get into your head.

And here’s latest news about them:

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/33177297

this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2024
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