'FIFA got what it so richly deserved Friday, stabbed in the back by the same folks whose indifference to human rights the sport's governing body has spent the last 12 years ignoring and excusing simply because the price was right,' writes nrarmour.
They wanted the tournament moved to the fall and FIFA acquiesced. They wanted to push up the start date by a day only three months before the tournament and FIFA said fine. They wanted a Nobel Peace Prize for agreeing to what should be the bare minimum in human rights for both migrant workers and the LGBTQ community and FIFA ran to get the nominating form.
Budweiser has been a major sponsor since the 1986 World Cup, and it paid a reported $75 million for the right to be FIFA’s exclusive beer provider. But the Qataris spent untold millions in bribes, and then spent billions building FIFA shiny new stadiums and hotels, and apparently that wins.
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